Timeline; Introduction, (University of Reading and University of Northampton, UK); 1. Beckett and Germany, Gaby Hartel (Berlin, Germany), Thomas Irmer (Berlin, Germany) and Klaus Volker (Berlin, Germany); 2. Shades of Negativity and Self-Reflexivity: The Reception of Beckett in German Literary Studies, Eckart Voigts-Virchow (University of Siegen, Germany); 3. Beckett and France, Mark Nixon (University of Reading, UK); 4. Beckett Among the Philosophes: The Critical Reception of Samuel Beckett in France, Shane Weller (University of Kent) 5. Samuel Beckett in the Low Countries, Dirk Van Hulle (University of Antwerp, Belgium); 6. Thinking of 'a rhyme for "Euganean'": Beckett in Italy, Daniela Caselli (University of Manchester); 7. Beckett and Britain, Mary Bryden (University of Northampton, UK); 8. Beckett's Nordic Reception, Ulrika Maude (University of Durham, UK); 9. Beckett and Poland, Marek Kedzierski (Freiburg, Germany); 10. Samuel Beckett Behind the Iron Curtain, Octavian Siau (University of Otago, New Zealand); 11. A Long Time Coming: The Critical Response to Samuel Beckett in Spain and Portugal, Jose Francisco Fernandez (University of Almeria, Spain); 12. Beckett and the US, Stan Gontarski (Florida State University, USA); 13. Beckett: China and Hong Kong, Jianxi Lie (Lignan University, Hong Kong) and Michael Ingham (Lignan University, Hong Kong); 14. Japanese Reception of Samuel Beckett, Yoshiki Tajiri (University of Tokyo, Japan); 15. The Reception of Beckett in Contemporary Japanese Theatre, Mariko Hori Tanaka (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan); 16. Beckett in New Zealand, Chris Ackerley, (University of Otago, New Zealand); 17. International Reception of Beckett: Australia, Russell Smith (Australian National University, Australia); 18. Samuel Beckett's Reception in Ireland, Sean Kennedy (St. Mary's University, Canada); Bibliography; Index.