Happy days and Jung's third Tavistock lecture: the entrapment of the female body in Beckett's plays in relation to Jung's third Tavistock lecture

This article is concerned with the female body in Samuel Beckett's drama, and how often the female characters are shown as trapped and immobile. My main focus is on Happy Days, and the paradoxical nature of Winnie's entrapment, and her attitude to it. I make particular reference to C. G. J...

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Main Author: Campbell, Julie (Author)
Other Authors: Buning, Marius (Contributor), Engelberts, Matthijs (Contributor), Houppermans, Sjef (Contributor), Van Hulle, Dirk (Contributor), de Ruyter, Danièle (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: 2006.
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