TY - BOOK ID - 85631979 TI - Beckett and Sade PY - 2020 SN - 1108771084 1108809561 1108726836 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Sadism in literature. KW - Beckett, Samuel, KW - Sade, KW - Marquis de Sade, KW - Sad, KW - Sade, D.-A.-F. KW - Sade, Donatien Alphonse François, KW - Sade, Donatien-Alphonse-François, KW - סדגרוב, ג׳ודי, KW - Beckett, Samuel KW - Pei-kʻo-tʻe, Sa-miao-erh, KW - Beḳeṭ, Samuel, KW - Beckett, Sam, KW - Беккет, Сэмюэль, KW - בעקעט, סאמועל KW - בקט, סמואל KW - בקט, סמואל, KW - بكت، ساموئل KW - Bikit, Sāmūʼil, KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Influence. KW - de Sade, Donatien Alphonse François KW - Sade, Donatien Alphonse François de KW - Donatien Alphonse François de Sade UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85631979 AB - Much has been written on Beckett and Sade, yet nothing systematic has been produced. This Element is systematic by adopting a chronological order, which is necessary given the complexity of Beckett's varying assessments of Sade. Beckett mentioned Sade early in his career, with Proust as a first guide. His other sources were Guillaume Apollinaire and Mario Praz's book, La Carne, La morte e il Diavolo Nella Letteratura Romantica (1930), from which he took notes about sadism for his Dream Notebook. Dante's meditation on the absurdity of justice provides closure facing Beckett's wonder at the pervasive presence of sadism in humans. ER -