Waiting for Godot/En Attendant Godot - Hardcover

Beckett, Samuel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571229107 ISBN 13: 9780571229109

Publisher: Grove Press, 2006

Synopsis

-- Presents the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature -- The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism -- Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index

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About the Author

Samuel Beckett was born on April 13, 1906, in Ireland. Best known for the classic Waiting for Godot, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1969. He spent most of his life in Paris and died there in 1989.

Edition details

• Publisher: Grove Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571229107
• ISBN 13: 9780571229109
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192