Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Reading Godot Reading Godot Lois G. Gordon Waiting for Godot has been acclaimed as the greatest play of the twentieth century. It is also the most elusive. This book — an illuminating introduction to Beckett’s work for general readers, studen… OL103650W
Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Endgame, & other plays Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Endgame, & other plays Jeffery Fisher A true innovation for the stage, Waiting for Godot is one of the greatest successes of the Theater of the Absurd. Although the subject and play is bleak in appearance, a semblance of nobility emerges… OL10367794W
The Cambridge Introduction to Samuel Beckett The Cambridge Introduction to Samuel Beckett Ronan McDonald This 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 a… OL15184646W
Comment c'est Comment c'est Samuel Beckett lxviii, 759 p. ; 24 cm OL15210976W
Samuel Beckett and cinema Samuel Beckett and cinema Anthony Paraskeva In 1936 Samuel Beckett wrote a letter to Sergei Eisenstein - the legendary director of such films as Battleship Potemkin - expressing his own desire to work in the lost tradition of silent film. Draw… OL19742389W
Frescoes of the skull Frescoes of the skull James Knowlson xx, 292 p. ; 21 cm OL3276710W
Twentieth Century Interpretations of Samuel Beckett Twentieth Century Interpretations of Samuel Beckett Martin Esslin Contemporary critical opinion and commentary on Samuel Beckett and his works. OL3559710W