Watt (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Samuel Beckett
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Absurdist
- Time of Work: Probably between the two world wars
- Setting: Ireland’s countryside
- Genres: Long fiction, Absurdist literature
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, 1920’s, 1930’s, God, Imagination, Ireland or Irish people, Universe, Rationalism
- Locales: Ireland
Characters Discussed
Watt (“Christian name forgotten”), a servant in the Irish country house of Mr. Knott and subsequently an inmate of a mental institution. He is a “big bony shabby seedy knockkneed” man with a big red nose, rotten teeth, and red hair streaked with gray. The more conspicuous parts of his wardrobe include a hat found by his grandfather at the races, a coat bought by his father from a widow, a brown shoe found at the seashore, and a brown boot bought from a one-legged man with borrowed money. He walks with a swinging gait without bending his knees, his...
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