This book places sex and sexuality firmly at the heart of Beckett. From the earliest prose to the late plays, Paul Stewart uncovers a profound mistrust of procreation which nevertheless allows for a surprising variety of non-reproductive forms of sex...
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This book places sex and sexuality firmly at the heart of Beckett. From the earliest prose to the late plays, Paul Stewart uncovers a profound mistrust of procreation which nevertheless allows for a surprising variety of non-reproductive forms of sex which challenge established notions of sexual propriety and identity politics. This book places sex and sexuality firmly at the heart of Beckett's oeuvre. From the earliest prose to the late plays, Stewart uncovers a profound mistrust of procreation and a surprising variety of non reproductive forms of sex which challenge established notions of sexual propriety and identity politics
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Cover; Series Page; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 A Rump Sexuality: The Recurrence of Defecating Horses in Beckett's Oeuvre; 2 The Horror of Sex; 3 The Horrors of Reproduction; 4 Alternating and Alternative Sexualities; 5 Sex and Aesthetics; 6 Aesthetic Reproduction across the Oeuvre; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index