A Companion to Samuel Beckett

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4051-5869-5
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 256 mm x 188 mm, Gewicht: 968 g

Reihe: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gontarski, S. E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Irische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction: Reviewing Beckett.

Part I: A Life in Letters.

Part II: Charting Territories.

Part III: Acts of Fiction.

Part IV: Acts of Performance.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

S. E. Gontarski is Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English at Florida State University where he edits the Journal of Beckett Studies and serves as Director of Graduate Studies. He has published extensively on the life and works of Samuel Beckett, including (with Anthony Uhlmann) Beckett after Beckett (2006), a finalist for the Theatre Library Association's George Freedley Award.