Beckett's afterlives : adaptation, remediation, appropriation / edited by Jonathan Bignell, Anna McMullan and Pim Verhulst.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bignell, Jonathan, editor.

McMullan, Anna, 1957- editor.

Verhulst, Pim, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989--Adaptations.

Beckett, Samuel.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 275 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

'Beckett's Afterlives' is a study dedicated to posthumous adaptations of Beckett's oeuvre. This collection analyses the remarkable diversity of creative engagements across different media and cultural contexts that have ensured the survival and continuing relevance of Beckett's work in a constantly changing world.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

List of figures

Notes on contributors

Introduction

1 Becketts adaphatroce revisited

2 Adaptation and convergence

3 Imprecations from the Brighton Road to Foxrock Station

4 Engines of reverence? Beckett, festivals and adaptation

5 Passing by, gazing upon

6 last state last version

7 Intermedial embodiments

8 Beckett, neurodiversity and the prosthetic

9 Beckett and new media adaptation

10 Opera as adaptation

11 Questioning norms in three Beckettian choreographic projections

12 Ill give you just enough to keep you from dying

13 Godot noir

14 Deferred dreams

15 How can you photograph words?

16 The figure of Beckett in four contemporary novels

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 8, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526153807

1526153807

OCLC:

1371098673