Samuel Beckett's Library

Samuel Beckett's Library

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Publisher's Synopsis

Samuel Beckett's Library critically examines the reading notes and marginalia contained in the books of Samuel Beckett's surviving library in Paris. Previously inaccessible to scholars, this is the first study to assess the importance of the marginalia, inscriptions, and other manuscript notes in the 750 volumes of the library. Setting the library into context with other manuscript material such as drafts and notebooks, this book examines the way in which Beckett absorbed, 'translated', and transmitted his reading in his own work. It thus illuminates Beckett's cultural and intellectual world, and shows the ways in which his reading often engendered writing.

Book information

ISBN: 9781316632819
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 848.91409
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 342
Weight: 498g
Height: 152mm
Width: 230mm
Spine width: 19mm