Beckett at 100 : revolving it all
The year 2006 marked the centenary of the birth of Nobel-Prize winning playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett. To commemorate the occasion, this collection brings together twenty-three leading international Beckett scholars from ten countries, who take on the centenary challenge of "revolving it all": that is, going "back to Beckett"--The title of an earlier study by critic Ruby Cohn, to whom the book is dedicated-in order to rethink traditional readings and theories; provide new contexts and associations; and reassess his impact on the modern imagination and legacy to futur
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (xiv, 334 pages) : illustrations
9780198043645, 9781435620353, 9780195325485, 9780195325478, 9781281165442, 9786611165444, 0198043643, 1435620356, 0195325486, 0195325478, 1281165441, 6611165444
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Contributors; Introduction; Images. For Ruby Cohn; Part I. Thinking Through Beckett; Part Ii. Shifting Perspectives; Part Iii. Echoing Beckett; Index
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