books.google.com - As a young man, Samuel Beckett (1906-89) hoped that writing could provide psychic authenticity and true representation of the physical world. Instead, he found himself immersed in artificialities and self-enclosed word games. Daniel Albright argues that Beckett sought escape through allegories of artistic...http://books.google.com/books/about/Beckett_and_Aesthetics.html?id=7Qn-11nqiigC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBeckett and Aesthetics