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Beckett's Books: A Cultural History of the Interwar Notes
Contributor(s): Feldman, Matthew (Author)
ISBN: 0826443435     ISBN-13: 9780826443434
Publisher: Continuum
OUR PRICE:   $51.43  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2009
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Annotation: A genuinely ground-breaking study of Beckett's notes on his reading during the interwar years, now available in paperback for the first time.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literary Criticism | Drama
Dewey: 848.912
Series: Continuum Literary Studies
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.61 lbs) 192 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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Publisher Description:

Samuel Beckett is a challenging giant of 20th century literature, and Beckett studies increasingly focus on the interwar period for evidence of Beckett's subsequent embrace of an 'art of failure'.
This monograph is based on close analysis of the newly-released notebooks and transcriptions compiled by Beckett from 1929-1940, which shed important and unique insight into Beckett's working methods, original sources and literary development. In particular they reveal the central paradox that Beckett's professions of 'ignorance and impotence' were founded upon extensive erudition and academic practices reflecting his interests in philosophy and psychology.
This is the first book to offer an extended study of how recent archival discoveries can contribute to the fundamental transformation of Beckett's truly revolutionary literature.

Contributor Bio(s): Feldman, Matthew: - Matthew Feldman is Professor in the History of Modern Ideas at Teesside University, UK, and co-director of the Centre for Fascist, Anti-fascist and Post-fascist Studies.