Dialogue in the void : Beckett and Giacometti / Matti Megged.

By: Megged, Matti, 1923-.

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BookPublisher: New York : Lumen Books, 1985Description: viii, 71 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0930829018.Subject(s): Beckett, Samuel, 1906- -- Criticism and interpretation | Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966 -- Criticism and interpretation | Art and literature

DDC classification: 730.92 GIA

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Lending	MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending	730.92 GIA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Checked out	27/02/2024	00065908

Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A comparison between the work and ideas of Beckett and Giacometti, focusing on what Megged believes is their common quest to find a "dialogue in the void."

Bibliography: p. 68-71.

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

This unpretentious essay juxtaposes Beckett and Giacometti in terms of kindred perspectives, artistic processes, and analogous products. Megged begins with their collaboration for a revival of Waiting for Godot in Paris in 1971 and then retrospectively shows how their compulsion to create, despite a conviction of inevitable failure, led to increasing spareness of line in Giacometti, increasing ellipsis in Beckett. The result is that Giacometti appears to illustrate Beckett; Beckett, to state Giacometti. Despite a few passing references to other artists and writers, Megged basically rests his argument on the implicit inferences that may be drawn from these creators. Megged never forces the analogy. Pertinently illustrated with Giacometti plates. For graduate students and general readers.-M.G. Rose, SUNY at Binghamton