TY - GEN T1 - The Beckett critical reader : archives, theories and translations A2 - Gontarski, S. E. LA - English LA - French LA - Italian PP - Edinburgh PB - Edinburgh University Press YR - 2012 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1145341197 AB - Provides Beckett scholars with a range of first-class essays in a single volumeThe Reader makes readily available for the first time 18 major, previously uncollected significant essays from the Journal of Beckett Studies from 1992 to the present. Divided into two sections, Sources and Archives and Theories and Translations, and containing work by some of the world's leading Beckett scholars (including John Pilling, James Knowlson, Shane Wellar and Mary Bryden) the volume reflects both a distinctive European emphasis as well as the 'new pragmatism' within Beckett Studies.Key FeaturesGathers 5 strongly textual essays laying out the underpinnings of Beckett's texts Includes 2 theoretically informed essays by major French philosophers, Bruno Clément and Alain BadiouOffers a distinctive European emphasis, including studies of Beckett's Italian translationsBrings together in one place high-quality, original research from immediately recognizable names in the field. OP - 250 CN - PR6003.E282 Z55 2012eb SN - 9781474468558 SN - 1474468551 SN - 9780748665716 SN - 0748665714 SN - 9780748665723 SN - 0748665722 SN - 9780748665730 SN - 0748665730 SN - 9780748665709 SN - 0748665706 KW - Beckett, Samuel, : 1906-1989 : Criticism and interpretation. KW - Beckett, Samuel, : 1906-1989 KW - Beckett, Samuel : 1906-1989 KW - Beckett, Samuel, : 1906-1989. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / General KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -