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Samuel Beckett : a study of his novels / Eugene Webb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Webb, Eugene, 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989--Fictional works--Criticism and interpretation.
- Fiction--Technique.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 pages)
- Edition:
- First paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle, University of Washington Press [1970]
- Summary:
- Collectively the works of Samuel Beckett, winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize for Literature, reveal a remarkable continuity of theme. Together his writings present a particular view of life and each novel constitutes part of a larger whole.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; I: Introduction: Beckett and the Twentieth Century; II: Early Writings: The First Statements of Beckett's Themes; III: Murphy; IV: Watt and the Transition to the Trilogy; V: The Structure of the Trilogy; VI: Disillusionment with Knowledge and Action; VII: Longing for Silence; VIII: Inferno; IX: Beyond the Trilogy; X: Postscript: Beckett's Fiction since 1964; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliography (p. 178-184) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780295805290
- 0295805293
- OCLC:
- 935254708
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