The Complete Critical Guide to Samuel Beckett

The Complete Critical Guide to Samuel Beckett

Author: David Pattie

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 0415202531

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This book is the first introduction to unite accessible accounts not only of Beckett's life and work, but of the key literary and theoretical concepts used in the study of his writing.


The Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett

The Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett

Author: Charles A. Carpenter

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2011-10-13

Total Pages: 525

ISBN-13: 1441159746

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A selectively comprehensive bibliography of the vast literature about Samuel Beckett's dramatic works, arranged for the efficient and convenient use of scholars on all levels.


The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989

The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989

Author: Samuel Beckett

Publisher: Grove Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 9780802134905

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Gathers the Nobel Prize winning poet and dramatist's short prose into one volume that affords the reader a view of Beckett's development as an artist.


The Complete Short Prose of Samuel Beckett, 1929-1989

The Complete Short Prose of Samuel Beckett, 1929-1989

Author: Samuel Beckett

Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Published: 2007-12-01

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 0802198430

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Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett was one of the most profoundly original writers of the 20th century. He gave expression to the anguish and isolation of the individual consciousness with a purity and minimalism that have altered the shape of world literature. A tremendously influential poet and dramatist, Beckett spoke of his prose fiction as the "important writing," the medium in which he distilled his ideas most powerfully. Here, for the first time, his short prose is gathered in a definitive, complete volume by leading Beckett scholar S. E. Gontarski.


The Grove Companion to Samuel Beckett

The Grove Companion to Samuel Beckett

Author: C. J. Ackerly

Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Published: 2007-12-01

Total Pages: 722

ISBN-13: 0802199801

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The Nobel Prize winning author Samuel Beckett is a literary treasure, and this work represents the only comprehensive reference to the concepts, characters, and biographical details mentioned by, or related to, Beckett. Painstakingly and lovingly compiled by acclaimed Beckett scholars C.J. Ackerley and S.E. Gontarski, it is alphabetical, cross-referenced, and laid out in a very user-friendly format. The Grove Companion to Samuel Beckett provides an organized trove of information for students and scholars alike, and is a must for any serious reader of Beckett. As most Beckettians know, “reading [him] for the first time is an experience like no other in modern literature.” (Paul Auster)


Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot

Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot

Author: William Hutchings

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2005-05-30

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 0313068682

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No modern play in the western dramatic tradition has provoked as much controversy or generated as much diversity of opinion as Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Since its initial production in 1953, it has revolutionized the stage through its existentialism and apparent rejection of plot. This book is a valuable introduction to the play. It begins with a summary of the play and its origins and editions. It then explores the play's meaning and the historical and intellectual contexts informing Beckett's work. The book then examines Beckett's dramatic art and gives full coverage of the play's performance history. A bibliographical essay surveys the most important critical studies.


A Companion to Samuel Beckett

A Companion to Samuel Beckett

Author: S. E. Gontarski

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-03-08

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 1405158697

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A collection of original essays by a team of leading Beckett scholars and two of his biographers, Companion to Samuel Beckett provides a comprehensive critical reappraisal of the literary works of Samuel Beckett. Builds on the resurgence of international Beckett scholarship since the centenary of his birth, and reflects the wealth of newly released archival sources Informed by the latest in scholarly, critical, and theoretical debates A valuable addition to contemporary Beckett scholarship, and testament to the enduring influence of Beckett’s work and his position as one of the most important literary figures of our time


Damned to Fame: the Life of Samuel Beckett

Damned to Fame: the Life of Samuel Beckett

Author: James Knowlson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2014-10-16

Total Pages: 878

ISBN-13: 1408857669

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_______________ 'A triumph of scholarship and sympathy... one of the great post-war biographies' - Independent 'A landmark in scholarly criticism... Knowlson is the world's largest Beckett scholar. His life is right up there with George Painter's Proust and Richard Ellmann's Joyce in sensitivity and fascination' - Daily Telegraph 'It is hard to imagine a fuller portrait of the man who gave our age some of the myths by which it lives' - Evening Standard _______________ SHORTLISTED FOR THE WHITBREAD PRIZE _______________ Samuel Beckett's long-standing friend, James Knowlson, recreates Beckett's youth in Ireland, his studies at Trinity College, Dublin in the early 1920s and from there to the Continent, where he plunged into the multicultural literary society of late-1920s Paris. The biography throws new light on Beckett's stormy relationship with his mother, the psychotherapy he received after the death of his father and his crucial relationship with James Joyce. There is also material on Beckett's six-month visit to Germany as the Nazi's tightened their grip. The book includes unpublished material on Beckett's personal life after he chose to live in France, including his own account of his work for a Resistance cell during the war, his escape from the Gestapo and his retreat into hiding. Obsessively private, Beckett was wholly committed to the work which eventually brought his public fame, beginning with the controversial success of "Waiting for Godot" in 1953, and culminating in the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969.