The Letters of Samuel Beckett: Volume 1, 1929-1940

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 comprehensive range of letters of one of the greatest literary figures of the twentieth century. Selected for their bearing on his work from over 15,000 extant letters, the letters published in this four-volume edition encompass sixty years of Beckett's writing life (1929-1989), and include letters to friends, painters and musicians, as well as to students, publishers, translators, and colleagues in the world of literature and theater. For anyone interested in twentieth-century literature and theater this edition is essential reading, offering not only a record of Beckett's achievements but a powerful literary experience in itself.

Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/01/2009
Pages: 866
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.45lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 2.30d
ISBN: 9780521867931

Review Citation(s):
Vanity Fair 03/01/2009 pg. 170
Library Journal 03/01/2009 pg. 72
Chronicle of Higher Education 03/06/2009 pg. 18
New York Times Book Review 04/05/2009 pg. 1
New York Review of Books 04/30/2009 pg. 13
New York Times Book Review 04/12/2009 pg. 22
Choice 08/01/2009
London Review of Books 08/06/2009 pg. 14
New York Times Book Review 12/14/2014 pg. 16

About the Author
Fehsenfeld, Martha Dow: - Martha Dow Fehsenfeld was authorised to edit Beckett's correspondence in 1985.Overbeck, Lois More: - Lois More Overbeck is Research Associate in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Emory University, Atlanta.