The Letters of Samuel Beckett: Volume 2, 1941-1956

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-521-86794-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 886 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 1304 g

Reihe: The Letters of Samuel Beckett

This second volume of The Letters of Samuel Beckett opens with the war years, when it was often impossible or too dangerous to correspond. The surge of letters beginning in 1945, and their variety, are matched by the outpouring and the range of Beckett's published work. Primarily written in French and later translated by the author, the work includes stories, a series of novels (Molloy, Malone meurt and L'Innommable), essays and plays – most notably En attendant Godot. The letters chronicle a passionately committed but little known writer evolving into a figure of international reputation, and his response to such fame. The volume provides detailed introductions which discuss Beckett's situation during the war and his crucial move into the French language, as well as translations of the letters, explanatory notes, year-by-year chronologies, profiles of correspondents and other contextual information.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beckett, Samuel

Craig, George

Fehsenfeld, Martha Dow

Gunn, Dan

Overbeck, Lois More

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General introduction; French translator's preface George Craig; Editorial procedures; Acknowledgments; Permissions; Abbreviations; Introduction to Volume 2 Dan Gunn; Letters, 1941–1956; Profiles; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Craig, George
George Craig, Editor and French Translator, is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sussex.

Overbeck, Lois More
Lois More Overbeck, Managing Editor, is a Research Associate of the Laney Graduate School, Emory University.

Fehsenfeld, Martha Dow
Martha Dow Fehsenfeld, Founding Editor, was authorized by Samuel Beckett to edit his correspondence in 1985.

Gunn, Dan
Dan Gunn, Editor, is Professor of Comparative Literature and English at The American University of Paris.