This study explores the literary connections between Samuel Beckett and Dante, offering a fresh perspective on their works. It engages critically with modern intertextuality theories, providing insightful analysis and interpretations that highlight the influence and parallels between the two authors.
A study in English on the literary relation between Beckett and Dante.
Exploring intertextuality in Djuna Barnes's work, Daniela Caselli delves into the intersections of biography, feminist criticism, and modernist canon formation. She examines how the repetition of texts—both by Barnes and other authors—challenges traditional notions of authority and gender within modernism. By raising critical questions about identity and the influence of various texts, Caselli invites readers to reconsider the complexities of Barnes's literary contributions and their implications for feminist discourse.
This Element brings to Beckett questions that have emerged from gender, queer, and trans theory, engages with the history of feminism and sexuality studies, and develops a theoretical framework able to account for what we have previously overlooked, underplayed, and misinterpreted in Beckett.