Samuel Beckett
A Study of His Novels
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 2014
192 pages
978-0-295-80529-0 (ISBN)
Description
Collectively the works of Samuel Beckett, winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize for Literature, reveal a remarkable continuity of theme. Together his writings present a particular view of life and each novel constitutes part of a larger whole.
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09/1970
University of Washington Press
€125.50
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Eugene Webb is professor emeritus in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- I: Introduction: Beckett and the Twentieth Century
- II: Early Writings: The First Statements of Beckett's Themes
- III: Murphy
- IV: Watt and the Transition to the Trilogy
- V: The Structure of the Trilogy
- VI: Disillusionment with Knowledge and Action
- VII: Longing for Silence
- VIII: Inferno
- IX: Beyond the Trilogy
- X: Postscript: Beckett's Fiction since 1964
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
