The International Reception of Samuel Beckett (Paperback, NIPPOD)

Over the last decade, Samuel Beckett's popularity has rocketed around the world and he is increasingly recognised as one of the most important and influential writers of the twentieth century but there has been very little scholarly work on Beckett's reception outside Europe. This comprehensive volume brings together essays from leading critics on Beckett's international critical reception. Due to Beckett's linguistic and artistic abilities, he was intimately involved in the translation and production of his writings in German, French, English and Spanish; and consequently countries using these languages have sophisticated critical traditions. However, many other countries have adopted Beckett as their own, from places where he lived for lengthy periods of his life (England, France, Ireland and Germany), to those finding directly applicable political messages in his work (such as ex-Soviet states including the Czech Republic and Romania), and those countries whose national literary traditions bear heavily upon his work (e.g. Norway and Italy). This fascinating volume reveals Beckett's evolving critical reception from contemporary reviews to the present.

General

Imprint:	Continuum Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Continuum Reception Studies
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	October 2011
Editors:	Mark Nixon • Matthew Feldman
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
Edition:	NIPPOD
ISBN-13:	978-1-4411-2318-3
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
LSN:	1-4411-2318-0
Barcode:	9781441123183

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