"Accursed Progenitor!" Fin de partie and Georges Bataille

This article compares elements of Georges Bataille's Histoire de l'œil (1928) with Beckett's Fin de partie (1957) and Endgame (1958), arguing for a possible influence. Focussing on the figure of Hamm, the paper traces the congruence with two published descriptions of Bataille's f...

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Main Author: Fifield, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011