Beckett's Political Imagination 9781108406208, 1108406203

Table of contents :
Introduction
1. False starts: the 'material of experience' and the writing of history
2. Another war entirely: internationalist politics and the labour of translation
3. Aftermaths: the 'siege in the room' and the politics of testimony
4. Turning points: torture, dissent and the Algerian War of Independence
Conclusion.

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