{"product_id":"the-beckett-critical-reader-s-e-gontarski-9781399567534","title":"The Beckett Critical Reader: Archives, Theories and Translations","description":"\u003cp\u003eProvides Beckett scholars with a range of first-class essays in a single volume\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eReader \u003c\/i\u003emakes readily available for the first time 17 major, previously uncollected significant essays from the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Beckett Studies\u003c\/i\u003e from 1992 to the present. It is divided into two sections, 'Foul Papers: Archives and Sources' and 'Fair Papers: Theories and Translations', together with the editor's Introduction. It contains work by some of the world's leading Beckett scholars (including John Pilling, James Knowlson, Shane Weller and Mary Bryden) and reflects both a distinctive European emphasis as well as the 'new pragmatism' within Beckett Studies.\u003cbr\u003eKey Features\u003cbr\u003e* Gathers 5 strongly textual essays laying out the underpinnings of Beckett's texts\u003cbr\u003e* Includes 2 theoretically informed essays by major French philosophers, Bruno Clément and Alain Badiou\u003cbr\u003e* Includes studies of Beckett's Italian translations\u003cbr\u003e* Brings together in one place archival and source material, high quality original research and theoretically informed analysis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. E. Gontarski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399567535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399567534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.54d","brand":"S. E. Gontarski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997507694847,"sku":"9781399567534","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-beckett-critical-reader-s-e-gontarski-9781399567534","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}