McTighe, Trish.
New York, New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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Part of the series New Interpretations of Beckett in the Twenty-first Century;New interpretations of Beckett in the twenty-first century.
Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-189) and index.
• Introduction: Haptics, aesthetics, philosophy — Eye: failing, myopic, grainy — Ear: full of relentless echoes — Mouth: trying to tell it all, failing — Skin, space, place — On the one hand . . . (the one that writes the body) — On the other hand . . . (the one that refuses to touch) — Conclusion: Departing bodies, between doubting Thomas and noli me tangere.

Subjects:

• Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 — Dramatic works.
• Touch in literature.
• Self in literature.

Requested by Cowgill, R.