Samuel Beckett

The Letters of Samuel Beckett

Herausgegeben:Overbeck, Lois More; Fehsenfeld, Martha Dow; Craig, George; Gunn, Dan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Volume three of the acclaimed four-volume edition of the letters of one of the twentieth century's greatest literary figures.

Produktdetails

• The Letters of Samuel Beckett 3
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 862
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 49mm
• Gewicht: 1270g
• ISBN-13: 9780521867955
• ISBN-10: 0521867959
• Artikelnr.: 40999572

Autorenporträt

Craig, George§George Craig, Editor and French Translator, is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sussex.

Fehsenfeld, Martha Dow§Martha Dow Fehsenfeld, Founding Editor, was authorized by Samuel Beckett to edit his correspondence in 1985.

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations; General introduction; French translator's preface George Craig; Editorial procedures; Acknowledgements; Permissions; List of abbreviations; Introduction to Volume III Dan Gunn; Letters, 1957-1965; Appendix: profiles; Bibliography of works cited; Index of recipients; Index of first names; Summary listing of Samuel Beckett's works, Volume III; General index.

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List of illustrations
General introduction
French translator's preface George Craig
Editorial procedures
Acknowledgments
Permissions
Collections and abbreviations
Introduction to Volume 4 Dan Gunn
Letters, 1966-1989
Appendix: selection of letters from Samuel Beckett found after the appropriate volume of correspondence was published
Profiles
Bibliography of works cited
Index of recipients
Index of first names, abbreviations, and nicknames
Summary listing of Samuel Beckett's works, Volume 4
General index.

Rezensionen

'In the third volume of this landmark project, the editors offer an expertly assembled selection of Beckett's letters written between 1957 and 1965.' Publishers Weekly

'It is hard to credit the magisterial scholarship and publishing expertise that has gone into the editing of this first of four volumes of the letters of Samuel Beckett ... a breathtaking and essential work of human understanding ... This is a great book; simply priceless.' Gerald Dawe, The Sunday Business Post