The New Cambridge Companion to Samuel Beckett

In the past decade, there has been an unprecedented upsurge of interest in Samuel Beckett's works. The New Cambridge Companion to Samuel Beckett offers an accessible and engrossing introduction to a key set of issues animating the field of Beckett studies today. This companion considers Beckett's lasting significance by addressing a host of relevant topics. Written by a team of renowned scholars, this volume presents a continuum in Beckett studies ranging from theoretical approaches to performance studies, from manuscript research to the study of bilingualism, intertextuality, late modernism, history, philosophy, ethics, body and mind. The emphasis on burgeoning critical approaches aids the reader's understanding of recent developments in Beckett studies while prompting further exploration, assisted by the guide to further reading.

Author: Dirk Van Hulle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/12/2015
Pages: 266
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781107427815

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2015

About the Author
Hulle, Dirk Van: - Dirk Van Hulle is Professor of English Literature at the University of Antwerp. With Mark Nixon, he is co-director of the Beckett Digital Manuscript Project (BDMP). He is also editor in chief of the Journal of Beckett Studies. Van Hulle is the author of Textual Awareness, Manuscript Genetics: Joyce's Know-How, Beckett's Nohow and The Making of Samuel Beckett's 'Stirrings Still' and 'what is the word'. His most recent publication is Modern Manuscripts: The Extended Mind and Creative Undoing.