The Rest is Silence: death as annihilation in the English Renaissance

Year of Publication

1995

Author

Watson, Robert N.

Publisher

University of California Press

Place Published

Berkeley

Language

English

Keywords

Herbert, George
Beckett, Samuel

Annotation

From a footnote found cited on p. 293, the authors notes :" Beckett's title appears to be a parody of Simone Weil's / Waiting for God/ (1950), a fact worth noting in this context because Well was heavily influenced by Herbert. So Beckett's critique of Weil's writing entails an indirect critique of the consolations commonly derived from Herbert's verse. "

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