{"product_id":"beckett-lacan-and-the-mathematical-writing-of-the-real-paperback","title":"Beckett, Lacan and the Mathematical Writing of the Real - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArka Chattopadhyay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeckett, Lacan and the Mathematical Writing of the Real \u003c\/i\u003eproposes writing as a mathematical and logical operation to build a bridge between Lacanian psychoanalysis and Samuel Beckett's prose works. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArka Chattopadhyay studies aspects such as the fundamental operational logic of a text, use of mathematical forms like geometry and arithmetic, the human obsession with counting, the moving body as an act of writing and love, and sexuality as a challenge to the limits of what can be written through logic and mathematics. Chattopadhyay reads Beckett's prose works, including \u003ci\u003eHow It Is\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCompany\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWorstward \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMalone \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEnough\u003c\/i\u003e to highlight this terminal writing, which halts endless meanings with the material body of the word and gives Beckett a medium to inscribe what cannot be written otherwise.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArka Chattopadhyay\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, India. He co-editor of \u003ci\u003eSamuel Beckett and the Encounter of Philosophy and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (with James Martell, 2013) and \u003ci\u003eEndlessness of Ending: Samuel Beckett and the Extensions of Mind \u003c\/i\u003e(with Dirk Van Hulle et al, 2017). He is co-editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eSanglap: Journal of Literary and Cultural Inquiry \u003c\/i\u003e(with Sourit Bhattacharya).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51792198533408,"sku":"9781501365492","price":84.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cb22f1fb99e6eec3954294a1b045f73e.webp?v=1780696208","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/beckett-lacan-and-the-mathematical-writing-of-the-real-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}