Article: After the Final No: Samuel Beckett's Trilogy.

 
After the Final No: Samuel Beckett's Trilogy. By Thomas J. Cousineau. 
Cranbury, NJ: University of Delaware Press; London: Associated University 
Presses. 1999. 164 pp. [pound]28. 

Thomas Cousineau's latest work focuses on the trilogy of novels Beckett wrote in the middle phase of his career, entitled Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable. This punchy little book is tightly structured around a central argument which is clearly, if slightly repetitively laid out. For Cousineau, Beckett's trilogy replaces the oppressive and powerful triumvirate of 'outmoded idols' (p. 15) which he claims is found in 'traditional' literature with a new, radical, and liberating ...

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