The letters of Samuel Beckett. Vol. 1, 1929-1940 / editors, Martha Dow Fehsenfeld, Lois More Overbeck ; associate editors, George Craig, Daniel Gunn.
2009
PR6003.E282 Z48 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
The letters of Samuel Beckett. Vol. 1, 1929-1940 / editors, Martha Dow Fehsenfeld, Lois More Overbeck ; associate editors, George Craig, Daniel Gunn.
Author
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.
Uniform Title
Correspondence. Selections. Polyglot
ISBN
9780521867931
0521867932
0521867932
Imprint
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xcix, 782 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
PR6003.E282 Z48 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
848/.91409
Summary
"The Letters of Samuel Beckett offers for the first time a comprehensive range of letters of one of the greatest literary figures of the twentieth century. This volume includes letters written between 1929 and 1940. It provides a vivid and personal view of Western Europe in the 1930s, marked by the gradual emergence, against his own hesitations and the indifference or hostility of others, of Beckett's unique voice and sensibility. Even in the tentativeness of the early writing, the letters show his care for his work as well as what he must share or relinquish to allow it to have a life beyond, even despite, himself. Detailed introductions, translations, explanatory notes, profiles of major correspondents, chronologies, and other contextual information accompany the letters. For anyone interested in twentieth-century literature and theatre this edition offers not only a record of achievements but a powerful literary experience in itself." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0835/2008025530-d.html.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Table of Contents
v. 1. 1929-1940
General introduction
French translator's preface George Craig
German translator's preface Viola Westbrook
Editorial procedures
Acknowledgments
Permissions
Abbreviations
Introduction to Volume I
Letters
Appendix
Profiles
Bibliography
Index.
General introduction
French translator's preface George Craig
German translator's preface Viola Westbrook
Editorial procedures
Acknowledgments
Permissions
Abbreviations
Introduction to Volume I
Letters
Appendix
Profiles
Bibliography
Index.