Footfalls above "we would see the tracing on the stage floor of a tremendously elongated variation of the figures 8 turned on its side … the mathematical symbol for infinity." Beckett was also indebted to the French psychologist Pierre Janet for his conception of hysterical behaviour. In his overview of Janet's work, Robert Woodworth in his "Contemporary Schools of Psychology", a work Beckett read, pays particular attention to Janet's description of the "hysterical paralysis of one arm", which Beckett incorporated, into May's posture. There are a number of analogies between "Footfalls" and Janet's work with a patient called Irène: He lists
The Infinity Concerto The Infinity Concerto The Infinity Concerto () is a 1984 fantasy novel written by Greg Bear. The plot centers around teenager Michael Perrin's search for what is a "Song of Power" and why some think he can create such a thing. Transported to another realm, he discovers beings known as "the "Sidhe" intervened in Coleridge's incomplete poem, "Kubla Khan". They have stopped others from creating "Songs of Power" and now they are looking at him. "The Infinity Concerto" was followed in 1986 by "The Serpent Mage". In 1939, a composer named Arno Waltiri premiered his latest work, Concerto Opus 45: