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100			_aMcDonald, Ronan
245			_aThe Cambridge Introduction to Samuel Beckett / _cRonan McDonald
260			_aUnited Kingdom : _bCambridge University Press, _c©2007.
300			_ax, 140p.; 23cm.
440			_aCambridge Introductions to Literature
505			_aPreface 1. Beckett's life 2. Intellectual and cultural contexts 3. Plays 4. Prose 5. Beckett criticism Guide to further reading Index.
520			_aThis is an eloquent and accessible introduction to one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. This book provides biographical and contextual information, but more fundamentally, it also considers how we might think about an enduringly difficult and experimental novelist and playwright who often challenges the very concepts of meaning and interpretation. It deals with his life, intellectual and cultural background, plays, prose, and critical response and relates Beckett's work and vision to the culture and context from which he wrote. McDonald provides a sustained analysis of the major plays, including Waiting for Godot, Endgame, and Happy Days and his major prose works including Murphy, Watt and his famous 'trilogy' of novels (Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable). This introduction concludes by mapping the huge terrain of criticism Beckett's work has prompted, and it explains the turn in recent years to understanding Beckett within his historical context.
650			_aFrench & related literatures  _x1945-1999  _xIndividual Author; Beckett
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