Samuel Beckett in Context (Paperback)

Notes on contributors; Permissions and acknowledgements; Chronology; List of abbreviations; Introduction Anthony Uhlmann; Part I. Landscapes and Formation: 1. Childhood and Portora Russell Smith; 2. Dublin and environs John Pilling; 3. Trinity College Dublin S. E. Gontarski; 4. L'Ecole Normale Anthony Cordingley; 5. Paris, Roussillon, Ussy Jean-Michel Rabate; Part II. Social and Political Contexts: 6. Ireland: 1906?45 Patrick Bixby; 7. France: 1928?39 Garin Dowd; 8. England: 1933?6 Peter Marks; 9. Germany: c.1936?7 Mark Nixon; 10. France: World War Two Lois Gordon; 11. France, Europe, the world: 1945?62 Julian Murphet; Part III. Milieus and Movements: 12. Modernism: Dublin/Paris/London Paul Sheehan; 13. The Joyce circle Sam Slote; 14. Post-World War Two Paris Shane Weller; 15. Staging plays Anthony Uhlmann; 16. Working on radio Urlika Maude; 17. Working on film and television Graley Herren; Part IV. 'The Humanities I Had': Literature: 18. Irish literature Sean Kennedy; 19. English literature Mark Byron; 20. French literature Angela Moorjani; 21. Italian literature Daniela Caselli; Part V. 'The Humanities I Had': Arts: 22. Visual arts Nico Israel; 23. Music Catherine Laws; 24. Cinema Matthijs Engelberts; 25. Popular culture Jane Goodall; Part VI. 'The Humanities I Had': Systems of Knowledge and Belief: 26. Philosophy Matthew Feldman; 27. Psychology Laura Salisbury; 28. The Bible Chris Ackerley; 29. The occult Minako Okamuro; 30. Science and mathematics Hugh Culik; Part VII. Language and Form: 31. Language and representation Daniel Katz; 32. Self-translation Corinne Scheiner; 33. Theatre forms Enoch Brater; Part VIII. Reception and Remains: 34. Initial reception James Gourley; 35. Influence Michael D'Arcy; 36. Notebooks and other manuscripts Dirk Van Hulle; 37. Letters Lois Overbeck.