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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Unover
Once again a question from extremely artistic language of Samuel Beckett.
What could this word mean?
Extract: "Traces alone unover given black light grey almost white on white"
What could this word mean?
Extract: "Traces alone unover given black light grey almost white on white"
Top answer
It's never easy with Beckett. Just looking at the prefix un + over make me think it might mean ' under' . The wider context that includes your passage seems to be all about light, which perhaps makes 'under the various kinds of light' a reasonable interpretation.
- It's never easy with Beckett.
- Just looking at the prefix un + over make me think it might mean ' under' .
- The wider context that includes your passage seems to be all about light, which perhaps makes 'under the various kinds of light' a reasonable interpretation.
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It's never easy with Beckett.
Just looking at the prefix un + over make me think it might mean 'under'.
The wider context that includes your passage seems to be all about light, which perhaps makes 'under the various kinds of light' a reasonable interpretation.
Just looking at the prefix un + over make me think it might mean 'under'.
The wider context that includes your passage seems to be all about light, which perhaps makes 'under the various kinds of light' a reasonable interpretation.
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