Demented particulars : the annotated Murphy / C.J. Ackerley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ackerley, Chris, 1947-

Contributor:

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Murphy--Criticism and interpretation.

Beckett, Samuel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.) ; illustrations.

Edition:

[2nd ed.].

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Demented particulars is a detailed, page by page annotation of Samuel Beckett's first published novel, Murphy. In the introduction, Ackerley outlines the history of the novel and the critical debate surrounding it. He gives an account of the vast range of reading that directly influenced Murphy, and a presents a sophisticated discussion of the 'Cartesian catastrophe' at the heart of it. He also includes an extensive bibliography and a thematic index.

Contents:

Preface "Reading Beckett's Reading: The Demented Particulars" / S.E. Gontarski

a. In which the Reader is introduced to the Text

b. critical debate

c. History and composition of the text

d. Beckett's reading

e. comic cosmos

Annotations [keyed to the Routledge and Grove Press editions, but also giving the Calder and Picador pagination]

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Bibliography

a. By Beckett

b. Critical studies relevant to Murphy

c. General studies used in this work.

Notes:

Originally published by the Journal of Beckett studies books, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Murphy.

ISBN:

1-282-89987-2

9786612899874

0-7486-4325-7

OCLC:

701719380