{"product_id":"9781408183618","title":"Samuel Beckett: Debts and Legacies New Critical Essays","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePlays and Playwrights\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eSamuel Beckett: Debts and Legacies\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eNew Critical Essays\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChris Ackerley | Graley Herren | Peter Fifield | Ulrika Maude | Matthew Feldman | David Wheatley | Mark Nixon | Andrew Gibson | Iain Bailey | David Addyman | Yoshiki Tajiri | Peter Fifield | David Addyman\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Drama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in association with the seminar series of the same name held by the University of Oxford, \u003ci\u003eSamuel Beckett: Debts and Legacies\u003c\/i\u003e presents the best new scholarship addressing the sources, development and ongoing influence of Samuel Beckett's work. Edited by convenors Dr Peter Fifield and Dr David Addyman, the volume presents ten research essays by leading international scholars ranging across Beckett's work, opening up new avenues of enquiry and association for scholars, students and readers of Beckett's work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the subjects covered the volume includes studies of:\u003cbr\u003e·Beckett and the influence of new media 1956-1960\u003cbr\u003e·the influence of silent film on Beckett's work\u003cbr\u003e·death, loss and Ireland in Beckett's drama - tracing Irish references in Beckett's plays from the 1950s and 1960s, including\u003ci\u003e Endgame\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll That Fall\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Krapp's Last Tape\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEh Joe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e·a consideration of Beckett's theatrical notebooks and annotated copies of his plays which provide a unique insight into his attitude toward the staging of his plays, the ways he himself interpreted his texts and approached theatrical practice.\u003cbr\u003e·the French text of the novel \u003ci\u003eMercier et Camier\u003c\/i\u003e, which both biographically and aesthetically appeared at a very significant moment in Beckett's career and indicates a crucial development in his writing\u003cbr\u003e·the matter of tone in Beckett's drama, offering a new reading of the ways in which this elusive property emerges and can be read in the relationship between published text, canon and performance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr David Addyman is Visiting Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr Fifield is a Junior Research Fellow at St John's College, Oxford, where he runs the international seminar series Samuel Beckett: Debts and Legacies. He was organiser of the international conference Samuel Beckett: Out of the Archive and is the editor of a Samuel Beckett special issue of \u003ci\u003eModernism\/modernity\u003c\/i\u003e, the official journal of the Modernist Studies Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 May 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781408183618\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223560028300,"sku":"9781408183618","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_dd88ada0-96dc-4872-b258-9fdcf890e8d4.jpg?v=1783077001","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781408183618","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}