The Cambridge Companion to Beckett
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- Editor: John Pilling, University of Reading
- Date Published: May 1994
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521424134
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This book provides thirteen introductory essays on every aspect of the work of Samuel Beckett, paying particular attention to his most famous plays (e.g. Waiting for Godot and Endgame) and his prose fictions (e.g. the "trilogy" and Murphy). Further essays tackle his radio and television drama, his theater directing and his poetry, followed by more general issues such as Beckett's bilingualism and his relationship to the philosophers. A chronology of Beckett's life, a list of French and English titles and a list for further reading provide additional reference material.
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- Reference material includes chronology, list of French and English titles, further reading list
- Beckett is the biggest modern writer in English and Drama departments (also French) - novels, poetry, and plays all covered here
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"[C]onsideration of individual plays and the chapter on Beckett as director covers most that you want to know....[T]his is a terrific book." Small Press
See more reviews"The authors constitute a distinguished group of international scholars, all of whom have published important work on Beckett...The essays are lucid and, though authoritative, not esoteric...The collection is meant for the general reader of Beckett and is highly recommended for all libraries." Choice
"In a relatively small space it provides a wealth of information about Beckett's oeuvre, and much that is of potential interest to the expert as well as to the newcomer." Roger Caldwell, Times Literary Supplement
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- Date Published: May 1994
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521424134
- length: 274 pages
- dimensions: 227 x 152 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.43kg
- contains: 2 b/w illus. 2 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of contributors
Preface
Chronology of Beckett's life
List of abbreviations
A note on titles
1. An endgame in aesthetics: Beckett as essayist Rupert Wood
2. Beckett's English fiction John Pilling
3. Three novels and four nouvelles Paul Davies
4. Waiting for Godot and Endgame: theatre as text Michael Worton
5. Stages of identity: from Krapp to Play Paul Lawley
6. Beginning again: the post-narrative art of Texts for Nothing and How It Is H. Porter Abbott
7. The mediated Quixote: the radio and television plays and film Jonathan Kalb
8. Dead heads: damnation-narration in the 'dramaticules' Keir Elam
9. Disabled figures: from the Residua to Stirrings Still Andrew Renton
10. Beckett's poems and verse translations Roger Little
11. Beckett as director: the art of mastering failure Anna McMullan
12. Beckett's bilingualism Ann Beer
13. Beckett and the philosophers P. J. Murphy
Further reading
Index.
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