The non-lieu of hunger: post-war Beckett and the genealogies of starvation

Alys Moody

The non-lieu of hunger: post-war Beckett and the genealogies of starvation

Alys Moody^*

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Department of English

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Abstract

Hunger is a pervasive trope in Beckett's major works of the post-war period. This article examines the possibilities for situating this trope historically. It seeks to mediate between the tendency of hunger to resist contextual markers, and the competing historical narratives of Irish and French history - the Famine and hunger strikes on the one hand, and World War II rationing and food shortages on the other - that predispose us to read hunger as a point of engagement with history and nation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	261-275
Number of pages	15
Journal	Samuel Beckett Today - Aujourd'hui
Volume	24
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2012

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