Beyond the Metaphor: The Importance of Chess in the Work of Samuel Beckett

Much has been written on chess as a theme or motif in some of Samuel Beckett’s works, namely in Murphy (1938) and Endgame (1957), and most readings of these works seem to focus solely on the indubitable metaphorical force of chess, or rather of the popular conception of chess. Yet to fail to think o...

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Main Author: Querido, Pedro (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/34990
Country:Portugal
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