Beckett and Ethics Book

Introduction: Beckett's Ethical Undoing Russell Smith Smith, Russell 1

1 'We have our being in justice': Formalism, Abstraction and Beckett's 'Ethics' David Cunningham Cunningham, David 21

2 A suitable engine of destruction? Samuel Beckett and Arnold Geulincx's Ethics Matthew Feldman Feldman, Matthew 38

3 Withholding Assent: Beckett in the Light of Stoic Ethics Anthony Uhlmann Uhlmann, Anthony 57

4 Post-war Beckett: Resistance, Commitment or Communist Krap? Jackie Blackman Blackman, Jackie 68

5 A World without Monsters: Beckett and the Ethics of Cruelty Paul Sheehan Sheehan, Paul 86

6 The Anethics of Desire: Beckett, Racine, Sade Shane Weller Weller, Shane 102

7 'So Fluctuant a Death': Entropy and Survival in The Lost Ones and Long Observation of the Ray David Houston Jones Jones, David Houston 118

8 Beckett and the World Steven Connor Connor, Steven 134

9 From Joyce to Beckett: From National to Global Peter Boxall Boxall, Peter 147

10 'Throw up for good': Gagging, Compulsion and a Comedy of Ethics in the Trilogy Laura Salisbury Salisbury, Laura 163

Index 181