Beckett, Censorship and the Problem of Parody

Kennedy, Seán, 1974-

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dc.creator	Kennedy, Seán, 1974-
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-09T14:11:20Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-09T14:11:20Z
dc.date.issued	2019-10
dc.identifier.issn	1699-311X
dc.identifier.uri	http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/29966
dc.description	Published version	en_CA
dc.description.abstract	In a forceful critique of previous scholarship, Lloyd (Meadhbh) Houston discerns evidence of “sectarian eugenicism” in Beckett’s writings. It is a startling claim, and there are problems to it. In particular, I suggest, Houston ignores the issue of tone: Beckett’s use of parody. Responding to Houston’s critique, I offer some thoughts on eugenicism, sectarianism and misogyny in Murphy and First Love. The aim is not to exculpate Beckett from all charges of prejudice, only to complicate issues of complicity in a theocratic hetero-patriarchal society.	en_CA
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dc.language.iso	en	en_CA
dc.publisher	AEDEI	en_CA
dc.relation.uri	https://doi.org/10.24162/EI2019-9186
dc.rights	© 2019 Seán Kennedy. This text may be archived and redistributed both in electronic form and in hard copy, provided that the author and journal are properly cited and no fee is charged for access.
dc.subject.lcsh	Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation
dc.subject.lcsh	Parody in literature
dc.subject.lcsh	Biopolitics in literature
dc.subject.lcsh	Censorship in literature
dc.title	Beckett, Censorship and the Problem of Parody	en_CA
dc.type	Text	en_CA
dcterms.bibliographicCitation	Estudios Irlandeses Journal of Irish Studies 14(2), 104-114. (2019)	en_CA