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4 - Beckett & Death

Oct 06 2022 46 mins

Beckett & Death With apologies for the extended break, here is a new instalment of Beckett&, on the cheerful subject of Beckett and Death. In this podcast Professor Conor Carville takes Beckett’s often-remarked preoccupation with mortality as an opportunity to think about his prose work, and in particular the slightly marginalised sequence of short pieces Texts for Nothing, writ

3 – Beckett & Poetry

Jul 15 2021 56 mins

In this episode of 'Beckett &' Conor Carville talks to the acclaimed poet Peter Robinson about Beckett’s verse. Their conversation ranges over Beckett’s whole career, and his work in both English and French, from the early poems in 'Echo’s Bones' to the 'Mirlitonnades' of the 1970s. Topics include the importance of place in Beckett’s poetry, the changes apparent in his styl

2 – Beckett & Fascism

Jun 13 2021 51 mins

In this episode, Conor Carville talks to Matthew Feldman, leading Beckettian and director of the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right, about Beckett’s experiences of Fascism and Nazism, and their traces in his work. In a wide-ranging conversation, we begin by talking about the politics of Modernism, then go on to Beckett’s travels in Italy and Germany in the 20s and 30s, Fr