Stephen Watt

Beckett and Contemporary Irish Writing

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines Samuel Beckett's importance to Irish literature through a discussion of his influence on contemporary novelists, poets and dramatists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9780521519588
• ISBN-10: 0521519586
• Artikelnr.: 26525845

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Beckett, our contemporary
1. Beckett and the 'Beckettian'
2. The Northern Ireland 'Troubles' play and Brian Friel's Beckettian turn
3. Bernard MacLaverty: the 'Troubles,' late modernism, and the Beckettian
4. 'Getting round' Beckett: Derek Mahon and Paul Muldoon
5. Specters of Beckett: Marina Carr and the 'other' Sam
Coda: on retrofitting: Samuel Beckett, tourist attraction
Bibliography
Index.

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List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Beckett, our contemporary; 1. Beckett and the 'Beckettian'; 2. The Northern Ireland 'Troubles' play and Brian Friel's Beckettian turn; 3. Bernard MacLaverty: the 'Troubles,' late modernism, and the Beckettian; 4. 'Getting round' Beckett: Derek Mahon and Paul Muldoon; 5. Specters of Beckett: Marina Carr and the 'other' Sam; Coda: on retrofitting: Samuel Beckett, tourist attraction; Bibliography; Index.