{"product_id":"a-beckett-canon-ruby-cohn-9780472031313","title":"A Beckett Canon","description":"Samuel Beckett is unique in literature. Born and educated in Ireland, he lived most of his life in Paris. His literary output was rendered in either English or French, and he often translated one to the other, but there is disagreement about the contents of his bilingual corpus. \u003ci\u003eA Beckett Canon\u003c\/i\u003e by renowned theater scholar Ruby Cohn offers an invaluable guide to the entire corpus, commenting on Beckett's work in its original language.\u003cbr\u003eBeginning in 1929 with Beckett's earliest work, the book examines the variety of genres in which he worked: poems, short stories, novels, plays, radio pieces, teleplays, reviews, and criticism. Cohn grapples with the difficulties in Beckett's work, including the opaque erudition of the early English verse and fiction, and the searching depths and syntactical ellipsis of the late works.\u003cbr\u003eSpecialist and nonspecialist readers will find \u003ci\u003eA Beckett Canon\u003c\/i\u003e valuable for its remarkable inclusiveness. Cohn has examined the holdings of all of the major Beckett depositories, and is thus able to highlight neglected manuscripts and correct occasional errors in their listings. Intended as a resource to accompany the reading of Beckett's writing--in English or French, published or unpublished, in part or as a whole--the book offers context, information, and interpretation of the work of one of the last century's most important writers.\u003cbr\u003eRuby Cohn is Professor Emerita of Comparative Drama, University of California, Davis. She is author or editor of many books, including \u003ci\u003eAnglo-American Interplay in Recent Drama; Retreats from Realism in Recent English Drama; From \u003c\/i\u003eDesire \u003ci\u003eto \u003c\/i\u003eGodot\u003ci\u003e; \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Just Play: Beckett's Theater.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruby Cohn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472031317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472031313\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.48w x 1.11d","brand":"Ruby Cohn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919894348031,"sku":"9780472031313","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7801fe65-48c3-45ec-b78f-a5e18e4b95b0.jpg?v=1680812494","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-beckett-canon-ruby-cohn-9780472031313","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}