Understanding Samuel Beckett

by Alan Astro

Book Overview

Understanding Samuel Beckett presents an overview of the work of the Irish author whose most famous novels and plays--Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable, Waiting for Godot, and Endgame--are discussed in depth, alongside some less known earlier texts and later, shorter pieces. Alan Astro pays particular attention to Beckett's relationship with other authors (Dante, Joyce, Proust), his debt to philosophers (Sartre, Descartes,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611170044
• ISBN13: 9781611170047
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"