| Description |
viii, 182 pages ; 21cm |
| Series |
Twentieth century views |
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Twentieth century views.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Martin Esslin -- Three dialogues / Samuel Beckett and Georges Duthuit -- The private pain and the whey of words : a survey of Beckett's verse / John Fletcher -- Samuel Beckett : humor and the void / Maurice Nadeau -- The Beckett hero / A.J. Leventhal -- The Cartesian centaur / Hugh Kenner -- Watt / Jacqueline Hoefer -- Samuel Beckett and universal parody / Jean-Jacques Mayoux -- Failure of an attempt at de-mythologization : Samuel Beckett's novels / Dieter Wellershoff -- Samuel Beckett, or 'presence' in the theatre / Alain Robbe-Grillet -- Reflections on Samuel Beckett's plays / Eva Metman -- Being without time : on Beckett's play Waiting for Godot / Gunther Anders -- Beckett's brinkmanship / Ross Chambers -- Philosophical fragments in the works of Samuel Beckett / Ruby Cohn |
| Summary |
Contemporary critical opinion and commentary on Samuel Beckett and his works |
| Analysis |
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 - Criticism and interpretation |
| Notes |
"A Spectrum book." |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 181-182 |
| Subject |
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.
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Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- -Critcism and interpretation
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| Author |
Esslin, Martin, 1918-2002.
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| LC no. |
65023302 |
| ISBN |
0130729833 |
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