Beckett at 80/Beckett in Context

by Enoch Brater

Samuel Beckett, the only living playwright whose work--including Waiting for Godot and Endgame--guarantees him a place centerstage in the great modernist tradition, will mark his 80th bithday in April. This collection of original essays by thirteen noted critics evaluates the profound impactthat Beckett's long and productive career continues to have on the contemporary imagination.From Foxrock, an affluent suburb of Dublin, to the Left Bank of Paris,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195040015
• ISBN13: 9780195040012
• Release Date: April 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.