Samuel Beckett's German Diaries 1936-1937

by Mark Nixon

Book Overview

Six diary notebooks kept by Samuel Beckett during his 1936-7 trip through Nazi Germany were discovered in 1989. Samuel Beckett's German Diaries 1936-1937 is the first study to explore the relevance of these diaries to Beckett's development as a writer.

Using the diaries as the central point of focus, Nixon draws on unpublished manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence, reading notes from the 1930s to reflect on both Beckett's creative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144115258X
• ISBN13: 9781441152589
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"