Books related to Samuel Beckett
  • Waiting for Godot (Eng rev): A Tragicomedy in Two Acts (Beckett, Samuel) by Samuel Beckett
    Description : A seminal work of twentieth-century drama, Waiting for Godot was Samuel Beckett’s first professionally produced play. It opened in Paris in 1953 at the tiny Left Bank Theatre de Babylone, and has since become a cornerstone of twentieth-century theater. The story line revolves around t...more..
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  • Samuel Beckett: The Last Modernist by Anthony Cronin
    Description : Intensely private, possibly saintly, but perhaps misanthropic, Samuel Beckett was the most legendary and enigmatic of writers. Anthony Cronin's biography is a revelation of this mythical figure as fully human and fallible, while confirming his enormous stature both as a man and a writer. Cronin...more..
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  • Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot, Endgame, Krapp's Last Tape (Faber Critical Guides) by John Fletcher
    Description : One of a series concerning the major plays of leading 20th-century playwrights. This guide introduces, explores and analyzes in detail the principal themes and styles of the work of Samuel Beckett. It also places it in the context of modern theatre, and includes a select bibliography....more..
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  • The Complete Short Prose of Samuel Beckett, 1929-1989 by Samuel Beckett
    Description : Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett was one of the most profoundly original writers of the 20th century. He gave expression to the anguish and isolation of the individual consciousness with a purity and minimalism that have altered the shape of world literature. A tremendously influential poet an...more..
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  • Samuel Beckett in Context (Literature in Context) by
    Description : When Samuel Beckett first came to international prominence with the success of Waiting for Godot, many critics believed the play was divorced from any recognizable context. The two tramps, and the master and servant they encounter, seemed to represent no one and everyone. Today, critics challenge th...more..
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  • The Letters of Samuel Beckett: Volume 1, 1929-1940 by Samuel Beckett
    Description : The letters written by Samuel Beckett between 1929 and 1940 provide a vivid and personal view of Western Europe in the 1930s, and mark the gradual emergence of Beckett's unique voice and sensibility. The Cambridge University Press edition of The Letters of Samuel Beckett offers for the first time a ...more..
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  • The Letters of Samuel Beckett: Volume 2, 1941-1956 by Samuel Beckett
    Description : This second volume of The Letters of Samuel Beckett opens with the War years, when it was often impossible or too dangerous to correspond. The surge of letters beginning in 1945, and their variety, are matched by the outpouring and the range of Beckett's published work. Primarily written in French a...more..
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  • The Selected Works of Samuel Beckett by Samuel Beckett
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  • Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett by James R. Knowlson
    Description : Damned to Fame is the brilliant and insightful portrait of Nobel Prize-winning author Samuel Beckett, mysterious and reclusive master of twentieth-century literature. Professor James Knowlson, Beckett's chosen biographer and a leading authority on Beckett, vividly re-creates Beckett's life from...more..
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  • The Grove Companion to Samuel Beckett: A Reader's Guide to His Works, Life, and Thought by C. J. Ackerly
    Description : From A to Z, this is an indispensable guide to the works, life, and thought of one of the most important writers of our time. The Nobel Prize-winning author Samuel Beckett was a literary treasure, and this work represents the only comprehensive reference to the concepts, characters, and biograp...more..
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