The relationship between James Joyce and Samuel Beckett has long
been of interest to literary critics and readers alike and Re:
Joyce 'n Beckett explores that relationship more fully that any
other single work of the current scholarship. This volume provides
the reader with an overview of the main trends and dilemmas that
have dominated discussions on the complex Joyce/Beckett
relationship, and pulls together previously scattered materials
into a cohesive whole. It also contains an extensive bibliography
of particular interest to scholars who will find this composite of
sources priceless. The main section offers eleven engaging new
essays written from many points of view on a variety of topics
including, the impact of biographies written on both Joyce and
Beckett, the handling of Irish materials in the short story form,
the use of allusion as well as larger narrative structures, the
portrayal of the concept of the artist, and the way in which each
author deals with the problem of "authority" in their writings. An
original one-act play by Denis Regan is also included; the play
premiered in April 1990 at the Milwaukee Irishfest. This work does
much to challenge previous misconceptions about the Joyce/Beckett
relationship. Re: Joyce 'n Beckett is a rich, lively work that
brings the relationship of these two, crucially important literary
figures of the twentieth century together in one definitive volume.
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