The Cambridge Companion To Beckett

Author : John Pilling
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1994-03-17
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521424135

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The Cambridge Companion to Beckett by John Pilling Pdf

The world fame of Samuel Beckett is due to a combination of high academic esteem and immense popularity. An innovator in prose fiction to rival Joyce, his plays have been the most influential in modern theatre history. As an author in both English and French and a writer for the page and the stage, Beckett has been the focus for specialist treatment in each of his many guises, but there have been few attempts to provide a conspectus view. This book, first published in 1994, provides thirteen introductory essays on every aspect of Beckett's work, some paying particular attention to his most famous plays (e.g. Waiting for Godot and Endgame) and his prose fictions (e.g. the 'trilogy' and Murphy). Other essays tackle his radio and television drama, his theatre directing and his poetry, followed by more general issues such as Beckett's bilingualism and his relationship to the philosophers. Reference material is provided at the front and back of the book.

Author : Dirk Van Hulle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107075191

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The New Cambridge Companion to Samuel Beckett by Dirk Van Hulle Pdf

The New Cambridge Companion to Samuel Beckett offers an accessible introduction to issues animating the field of Beckett studies today.

Author : John Pilling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:821272517

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The Cambridge Companion to Beckett by John Pilling Pdf

The world fame of Samuel Beckett is due to a combination of high academic esteem and immense popularity. An innovator in prose fiction to rival Joyce, his plays have been the most influential in modern theatre history. As an author in both English and French and a writer for the page and the stage, Beckett has been the focus for specialist treatment in each of his many guises, but there have been few attempts to provide a conspectus view. This book provides thirteen introductory essays on every aspect of Beckett's work, some paying particular attention to his most famous plays (e.g. Waiting for Godot and Endgame) and his prose fictions (e.g. the 'trilogy' and Murphy). Other essays tackle his radio and television drama, his theatre directing and his poetry, followed by more general issues such as Beckett's bilingualism and his relationship to the philosophers. Reference material is provided at the front and back of the book.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1102644790

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The New Cambridge Companion to Samuel Beckett by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ronan McDonald
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780511345883

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The Cambridge Introduction to Samuel Beckett by Ronan McDonald Pdf

This is an eloquent and accessible introduction to one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. This book provides biographical and contextual information, but more fundamentally, it also considers how we might think about an enduringly difficult and experimental novelist and playwright who often challenges the very concepts of meaning and interpretation. It deals with his life, intellectual and cultural background, plays, prose, and critical response and relates Beckett's work and vision to the culture and context from which he wrote. McDonald provides a sustained analysis of the major plays, including Waiting for Godot, Endgame, and Happy Days and his major prose works including Murphy, Watt and his famous 'trilogy' of novels (Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable). This introduction concludes by mapping the huge terrain of criticism Beckett's work has prompted, and it explains the turn in recent years to understanding Beckett within his historical context.

Author : John Wilson Foster
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006-12-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521679966

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The Cambridge Companion to the Irish Novel by John Wilson Foster Pdf

This is the perfect overview of the Irish novel from the seventeenth century to the present day.

Author : Eva-Marie Kröller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107159624

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The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature by Eva-Marie Kröller Pdf

A fully revised second edition of this multi-author account of Canadian literature, from Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood.

Author : Peter Raby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-19
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521886093

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The Cambridge Companion to Harold Pinter by Peter Raby Pdf

Updated edition of this popular Companion examining the wide range of Pinter's work, and his continuing impact and influence.

Author : David Hillman,Ulrika Maude
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781107048096

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The Cambridge Companion to the Body in Literature by David Hillman,Ulrika Maude Pdf

This Companion offers the first systematic analysis of the body in literature, from the Middle Ages to the present day.

Author : Emilie Morin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781108417990

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Beckett's Political Imagination by Emilie Morin Pdf

Beckett's Political Imagination uncovers Beckett's lifelong engagement with political thought and political history, showing how this concern informed his work as fiction author, dramatist, critic and translator. This radically new account will appeal to students, researchers and Beckett lovers alike.

Author : Derek Attridge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-06-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107494947

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The Cambridge Companion to James Joyce by Derek Attridge Pdf

This second edition of The Cambridge Companion to Joyce contains several revised essays, reflecting increasing emphasis on Joyce's politics, a fresh sense of the importance of his engagement with Ireland, and the changes wrought by gender studies on criticism of his work. This Companion gathers an international team of leading scholars who shed light on Joyce's work and life. The contributions are informative, stimulating and full of rich and accessible insights which will provoke thought and discussion in and out of the classroom. The Companion's reading lists and extended bibliography offer readers the necessary tools for further informed exploration of Joyce studies. This volume is designed primarily as a students' reference work (although it is organised so that it can also be read from cover to cover), and will deepen and extend the enjoyment and understanding of Joyce for the new reader.

Author : Olga Beloborodova,Dirk Van Hulle,Pim Verhulst
Publisher : Springer
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783319703749

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Beckett and Modernism by Olga Beloborodova,Dirk Van Hulle,Pim Verhulst Pdf

This book of collected essays approaches Beckett’s work through the context of modernism, while situating it in the literary tradition at large. It builds on current debates aiming to redefine ‘modernism’ in connection to concepts such as ‘late modernism’ or ‘postmodernism’. Instead of definitively re-categorizing Beckett under any of these labels, the essays use his diverse oeuvre – encompassing poetry, criticism, prose, theatre, radio and film – as a case study to investigate and reassess the concept of ‘modernism after postmodernism’ in all its complexity, covering a broad range of topics spanning Beckett’s entire career. In addition to more thematic essays about art, history, politics, psychology and philosophy, the collection places his work in relation to that of other modernists such as T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, Gertrude Stein and Virginia Woolf, as well as to the literary canon in general. It represents an important contribution to both Beckett studies and modernism studies.

Author : Tracy C. Davis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-13
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781139828185

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The Cambridge Companion to Performance Studies by Tracy C. Davis Pdf

Since the turn of the century, Performance Studies has emerged as an increasingly vibrant discipline. Its concerns - embodiment, ethical research and social change - are held in common with many other fields, however a unique combination of methods and applications is used in exploration of the discipline. Bridging live art practices - theatre, performance art and dance - with technological media, and social sciences with humanities, it is truly hybrid and experimental in its techniques. This Companion brings together specially commissioned essays from leading scholars who reflect on their own experiences in Performance Studies and the possibilities this offers to representations of identity, self-and-other, and communities. Theories which have been absorbed into the field are applied to compelling topics in current academic, artistic and community settings. The collection is designed to reflect the diversity of outlooks and provide a guide for students as well as scholars seeking a perspective on research trends.

Author : Lawrence Graver
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004-05-27
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521549388

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Beckett: Waiting for Godot by Lawrence Graver Pdf

This volume offers a comprehensive critical study of Samuel Beckett's first and most renowned dramatic work, Waiting for Godot, which has become one of the most frequently discussed, and influential plays in the history of the theatre. Lawrence Graver discusses the play's background and provides a detailed analysis of its originality and distinction as a landmark of modern theatrical art. He reviews some of the differences between Beckett's original French version and his English translation.

Author : Anthony Uhlmann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107017030

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Samuel Beckett in Context by Anthony Uhlmann Pdf

Provides a comprehensive exploration of Beckett's historical, cultural and philosophical contexts, offering new critical insights for scholars and general readers.