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Beckett before Godot

Author: John Pilling, University of Reading

Date Published: July 2004
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521604512

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In Beckett before Godot, John Pilling reevaluates the formative years of Beckett between the publication of his first work in 1929 and the composition late in 1946 of The Calmative, his last work before "the trilogy." Using a wealth of unpublished manuscripts and correspondence from around the world, Pilling offers for the first time a coherent critical narrative of Beckett's development during this long period of apprenticeship. Beckett before Godot modifies and enhances our understanding of one of this century's most influential authors.
- Leading scholar of Beckett presents first systematic treatment of Beckett's early years
- Uses a large amount of previously unpublished material
- Publication of authorised biography has generated a surge of interest in Beckett's work
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"...writes with authority on the early years of Beckett's literary activity. Recommended for collections serving students of modern literature at the upper-division undergraduate level and above." Choice

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- Date Published: July 2004
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521604512
- length: 292 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.43kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Part I. 1929–1932:
2. Dante ... Bruno ... Vico ... Joyce and Assumption: 'the prospect of self-extension'
3. From a view to a kill: Proust and Le Concentrisme
4. Dream of Fair to Middling Women: 'a solution of continuity'
Part II. 1932–1936:
5. More poems than precipitates: towards Echo's Bones and beyond
6. In the interval: More Pricks Than Kicks
7. Beckett as bookman: the reviews
8. Figure and ground: Murphy
Part III. 1937–1946:
9. Dissonance:
1937–1940
10. Watt and Watt not
11. Texts for something: 'a universe becomes provisional'
12. Mercier et Camier and the nouvelles: 'the vicissitudes of the road'
13. Conclusion.
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John Pilling, University of Reading