Beckett re-membered: after the centenary : after the centenary

✍ Scribed by James Carney & Leonard Madden & Karl White

• Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 285
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Beckett Re-Membered showcases some of the most recent scholarship on the Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, Samuel Beckett. As well as essays on Beckett s literary output, it contains a section on the philosophical dimension of his work an important addition, given the profound impact Beckett has had on European philosophy. Rather than attempting to circumscribe Beckett scholarship by advocating a theoretical position or thematic focus, Beckett Re-Membered reflects the exciting and diverse range of critical interventions that Beckett studies continues to generate. In the nineteen essays that comprise this volume, every major articulation of Beckett s work is addressed, with the result that that it offers an unusually comprehensive survey of its target author. Beckett Re-Membered will appeal to any reader who is interested in provocative responses to one of the twentieth century s most important European writers

✦ Subjects

Beckett, Samuel, -- 1906-1989.