The Cambridge Companion to Beckett

by John Pilling

Book Overview

This book provides thirteen introductory essays on every aspect of the work of Samuel Beckett, paying particular attention to his most famous plays (e.g. Waiting for Godot and Endgame) and his prose fictions (e.g. the trilogy and Murphy). Further essays tackle his radio and television drama, his theater directing and his poetry, followed by more general issues such as Beckett's bilingualism and his relationship to the philosophers. A chronology of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521424135
• ISBN13: 9780521424134
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12