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The Edinburgh Companion to Samuel Beckett and the Arts

9780748675685

The Edinburgh Companion to Samuel Beckett and the Arts

  • ISBN 13:

    9780748675685

  • ISBN 10:

    074867568X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 03/28/2014
  • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
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Summary

A landmark collection showcasing the diversity of Samuel Beckett's creative output

The 35 original chapters in this Companion capture the continued vitality of Beckett studies in drama, music and the visual arts and establish rich and varied cultural contexts for Beckett's work world-wide.

As well as considering topics such as Beckett and science, historiography, geocriticism and philosophy, the volume focuses on the post-centenary impetus within Beckett studies, emphasising a return to primary sources amid letters, drafts, and other documents. Major Beckett critics such as Steven Connor, David Lloyd, Andrew Gibson, John Pilling, Jean-Michel Rabaté, and Mark Nixon, as well as emerging researchers, present the latest critical thinking in 9 key areas: Art & Aesthetics; The Body; Fiction; Film, Radio & Television; Global Beckett; Language / Writing; Philosophy; Reading; and Theatre & Performance.

Edited by eminent Beckett scholar S. E. Gontarski, the Companion draws on the most vital, ground-breaking research to outline the nature of Beckett studies for the next generation.

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