The Cambridge introduction to Samuel Beckett / Rónán McDonald.
The Cambridge introduction to Samuel Beckett / Rónán McDonald.
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Date
2006.
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N848.91409/21
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 140 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Beckett's life -- Ch. 2. Cultural and intellectual contexts -- Ch. 3. Plays -- Waiting for Godot -- Endgame -- Radio plays : All that fall and Embers -- Krapp's last tape -- Happy days -- Ch. 4. Prose works -- More pricks than kicks -- Murphy -- Watt -- The trilogy : Molloy, Malone dies, The...
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2006.
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Summary
"This book is an accessible introduction to one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. It provides biographical and contextual information, but more fundamentally, it considers how we might think about an enduringly difficult and experimental novelist and playwright who often challenges the very concepts of meaning and interpretati...
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The Cambridge introduction to Samuel Beckett / Rónán McDonald.
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Introduction to Samuel Beckett.
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Cambridge introductions to literature
Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-136) and index.
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N848.91409/21
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74VKR4Ax8y0y
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ISBN
9780521547383 (pbk.)
0521838568 (hbk.)
9780521838566 (hbk.)
0521547385 (pbk.)
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848.91409
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991023262189702626
