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Since his death in 1989, it has become difficult to imagine that Samuel Beckett was once a virtually unknown writer. Born in 1906 into a respectable middle-class family in a Dublin suburb, he came late to fame in the early 1950s with the ground-breaking play, Waiting for Godot. Since Godot, Beckett's writings have been translated, published, and staged throughout the world. This highly accessible and original account offers a new opportunity to engage with a towering figure of Irish and world literature. The book offers a systematic overview of Samuel Beckett's best-known and most popular work
Cover; Front Matter; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Author's Note and Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1; The Long Beginning (1928-46); Chapter 2; Beginning with Prose; Chapter 3; Refusing Mastery; Chapter 4; The Shorter Prose -- False Starts, Fresh Ends; Chapter 5; Drama From Eleutheria to Happy Days; Chapter 6; The Shorter Plays -- Diminishing Returns; Chapter 7; Broadcasting Beckett ; Coda; References; Index
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the life and work of Samuel Beckett
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2015
Verlag:
Irish Academic Press, Sallins, Kildare
Since his death in 1989, it has become difficult to imagine that Samuel Beckett was once a virtually unknown writer. Born in 1906 into a respectable middle-class family in a Dublin suburb, he came late to fame in the early 1950s with the...
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Since his death in 1989, it has become difficult to imagine that Samuel Beckett was once a virtually unknown writer. Born in 1906 into a respectable middle-class family in a Dublin suburb, he came late to fame in the early 1950s with the ground-breaking play, Waiting for Godot. Since Godot, Beckett's writings have been translated, published, and staged throughout the world. This highly accessible and original account offers a new opportunity to engage with a towering figure of Irish and world literature. The book offers a systematic overview of Samuel Beckett's best-known and most popular work