43 - Watt the Hell?: Samuel Beckett's Watt
An episode of the Books of Some Substance podcast, hosted by David Southard and Nathan Sharp, titled "43 - Watt the Hell?: Samuel Beckett's Watt" was published on September 29, 2019 and runs 44 minutes.
September 29, 2019 ·44m · Books of Some Substance
Episode Description
In this installment of the Books of Some Substance podcast, Nick is joined by University of California-Berkeley English Professor Catherine Flynn to dissect the endless permutations of Samuel Beckett's oft-overlooked Watt. Is there meaning behind Sam's lists upon lists upon lists? Is this a reality more real than realism itself? And will there be an opportunity for Nick to —most predictably — use the term "post-post-post modern"?
To language, we raise our glass, and descend into the Schopenhauerian darkness . . . but with a few delightful aphorisms destined for refrigerator magnets along the way.
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