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The Letters of Samuel Beckett 4 Volume Hardback Set Samuel Beckett

The Letters of Samuel Beckett 4 Volume Hardback Set By Samuel Beckett

The Letters of Samuel Beckett 4 Volume Hardback Set by Samuel Beckett

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This edition makes available for the first time a comprehensive range of letters by one of the twentieth century's greatest literary figures. The four volumes (19291989) follow Beckett from his early writings, though the pivotal points in his life and career, to his later works.

The Letters of Samuel Beckett 4 Volume Hardback Set Summary

The Letters of Samuel Beckett 4 Volume Hardback Set by Samuel Beckett

The complete, critically acclaimed Cambridge edition of The Letters of Samuel Beckett makes available for the first time a comprehensive range of letters by one of the twentieth century's greatest literary figures. The four volumes, spanning the period from 1929 to 1989, follow Beckett from his early writings, though the pivotal points in his personal life and career as he achieved ever-growing international fame, to his later work and life where he turned his mind to his legacy. Each volume provides detailed introductions, as well as translations of the letters, explanatory notes, year-by-year chronologies, profiles of correspondents and other contextual information.

About Samuel Beckett

George Craig, Editor and French Translator, is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sussex. Martha Dow Fehsenfeld, Founding Editor, was authorised by Samuel Beckett to edit his correspondence in 1985. Dan Gunn, Editor, is Professor of Comparative Literature and English at The American University of Paris. Lois More Overbeck, General Editor, is a Research Associate of the Laney Graduate School, Emory University.

Table of Contents

Volume 1: General introduction; French translator's preface George Craig; German translator's preface Viola Westbrook; Editorial procedures; Acknowledgments; Permissions; Abbreviations; Introduction to Volume 1; Letters, 19291940; Appendix; Profiles; Bibliography; Index. Volume 2: General introduction; French translator's preface George Craig; Editorial procedures; Acknowledgments; Permissions; Abbreviations; Introduction to Volume 2 Dan Gunn; Letters, 19411956; Profiles; Bibliography; Index. Volume 3: List of illustrations; General introduction; French translator's preface George Craig; Editorial procedures; Acknowledgements; Permissions; List of abbreviations; Introduction to Volume 3 Dan Gunn; Letters, 19571965; Appendix: profiles; Bibliography of works cited; Index of recipients; Index of first names; Summary listing of Samuel Beckett's works, Volume 3; General index. Volume 4: List of illustrations; General introduction; French translator's preface George Craig; Editorial procedures; Acknowledgments; Permissions; Collections and abbreviations; Introduction to Volume 4 Dan Gunn; Letters, 19661989; Appendix: Selection of letters from Samuel Beckett found after the appropriate volume of correspondence was published; Profiles; Bibliography of works cited; Index of recipients; Index of first names, abbreviations, and nicknames; Summary listing of Samuel Beckett's works, Volume 4; General index.

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NPB9781316506578
9781316506578
1316506576
The Letters of Samuel Beckett 4 Volume Hardback Set by Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett
The Letters of Samuel Beckett
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Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2016-09-29
3490
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