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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
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. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.
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Experimental drama, English -- History and criticism.
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Experimental drama, English. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Birkett, Jennifer Undoing Time : The Life and Work of Samuel Beckett Portland : Irish Academic Press,c2015 9780716532910 |
| ISBN |
9780716532927 electronic book |
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0716532921 electronic book |
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9780716532903 |
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9780716532910 |
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