9780312070618

Book Description: St Martin's Press, New York, 1987. hardbound. 8vo. A series of essays with focus on Beckett's later fiction and drama - the fiction since How It Is (1961), and the drama since Endgame (1957); chapters on Krapp's Last Tape and Breath, Still to Worstward Ho!, Catastrophe, Not I, and the unpublished plays, Company, Ill Seen Ill Said, The Lost Ones, and more; contributors include Martin Esslin, Katherine Worth, Nicholas Zurbrugg, Colin Duckworth; VG bright and clean throughout, with just the lightest shelfwear to underside of boards; dustwrapper is very lightly sunned to spine, o.w. VG (mylar protected). Dustwrapper. 206pp. 8vo. Very Good clean copy in VG dustwrapper Very Good clean copy in VG dustwrapper. Bookseller Inventory # 2086

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Book Description: St. Martin's Press, New York, 1987. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ("In honor of Samuel Beckett's eightieth birthday.") Thirteen essays on Beckett's work: "'Out of the Dark': Beckett's Texts for Radio" by Robert Wilcher; "Past into Future: 'Krapp's Last Tape' to 'Breath'" by Katharine Worth; "Towards the Zero of Language" by Martin Esslin; "The Self Contained: Beckett's Fiction in the 1960s" by Rubin Rabinovitz; "'Still' to 'Worstward Ho': Beckett's Prose Fiction Since 'The Lost Ones'" by Brian Finney; "Beckett's Fundamental Theatre: The Plays from 'Not I' to 'What Where'" by Charles R. Lyons; "Human Reality and Dramatic Method: 'Catastrophe', 'Not I' and the Unpublished Plays" by Dougald Mcmillan; "The Shape of Ideas: 'That Time' and 'Footfalls'" by James Acheson; "Texts for 'Company'" by Kateryna Arthur; "'Ill Seen Ill Said' and the Sense of an Ending" by Nicholas Zurbrugg; "Voyelles, Cromlechs and the Special (W)Rites of 'Worstward Ho'" by Enoch Brater; "Beckett's New Godot" by Colin Duckworth; and "'Company' for Company: Androgyny and Theatricality in Samuel Beckett's Prose" by S.E. Gonstarski. Foreword by Melvin J. Friedman. Includes bibliographical references and index. 206 pages. Bookseller Inventory # 007106

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Book Description: St Martin's Press, New York, 1987. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 500 g; XVIII, 206 pages, indexed, with chapter notes. 13 essays dedicated to Samuel Beckett in honour of his 80th birthday, are characterised by originality of material and freshness of viewpoint. There is slight rubbing to the base edge of the boards, minor handling marks to the dust jacket, and a slight ruffling of the top edge of the jacket. . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; ISBN: 0312070616. ISBN/EAN: 9780312070618. Inventory No: 0222061. Bookseller Inventory # 0222061

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