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- catalog abstract "In Beckett before Godot, John Pilling re-evaluates the formative years of Beckett between the publication of his first work in 1929 and the composition late in 1946 of The Calmative, his last work before the 'trilogy'. Using a wealth of unpublished manuscripts and correspondence from around the world, Pilling examines individual works across all genres for what they reveal of Beckett's creative process during this crucial period. He offers a detailed account of Beckett's early psychological and aesthetic development, and shows how his artistic growth was always paradoxically linked to the likelihood of failure, to which he was always temperamentally attracted. Pilling's treatment of the first two decades of Beckett's career as a writer offers for the first time a coherent critical narrative of his development during this long period of apprenticeship. Beckett before Godot links biographical fact with a series of powerful close readings to modify and enhance our understanding of one of this century's most influential authors.".
- catalog contributor b10690906.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- pt. 1. 1929-1932. 2. Dante ... Bruno. Vico .. Joyce and Assumption: 'the prospect of self-extension'. 3. From a view to a kill: Proust and Le Concentrisme. 4. Dream of Fair to Middling Women: 'a solution of continuity' -- pt. 2. 1932-1936. 5. More poems than precipitates: towards Echo's Bones and beyond. 6. In the interval: More Pricks Than Kicks. 7. Beckett as bookman: the reviews. 8. Figure and ground: Murphy -- pt. 3. 1937-1946. 9. Dissonance: 1937-1940. 10. Watt and Watt not. 11. Texts for something: 'a universe become provisional'. 12. Mercier et Camier and the nouvelles: 'the vicissitudes of the road'. 13. Conclusion.".
- catalog description "In Beckett before Godot, John Pilling re-evaluates the formative years of Beckett between the publication of his first work in 1929 and the composition late in 1946 of The Calmative, his last work before the 'trilogy'. Using a wealth of unpublished manuscripts and correspondence from around the world, Pilling examines individual works across all genres for what they reveal of Beckett's creative process during this crucial period. He offers a detailed account of Beckett's early psychological and aesthetic development, and shows how his artistic growth was always paradoxically linked to the likelihood of failure, to which he was always temperamentally attracted.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-271) and index.".
- catalog description "Pilling's treatment of the first two decades of Beckett's career as a writer offers for the first time a coherent critical narrative of his development during this long period of apprenticeship. Beckett before Godot links biographical fact with a series of powerful close readings to modify and enhance our understanding of one of this century's most influential authors.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 277 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "052146496X (hardback)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "848/.91409 21".
- catalog subject "Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "PR6003.E282 Z7869 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- pt. 1. 1929-1932. 2. Dante ... Bruno. Vico .. Joyce and Assumption: 'the prospect of self-extension'. 3. From a view to a kill: Proust and Le Concentrisme. 4. Dream of Fair to Middling Women: 'a solution of continuity' -- pt. 2. 1932-1936. 5. More poems than precipitates: towards Echo's Bones and beyond. 6. In the interval: More Pricks Than Kicks. 7. Beckett as bookman: the reviews. 8. Figure and ground: Murphy -- pt. 3. 1937-1946. 9. Dissonance: 1937-1940. 10. Watt and Watt not. 11. Texts for something: 'a universe become provisional'. 12. Mercier et Camier and the nouvelles: 'the vicissitudes of the road'. 13. Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Beckett before Godot / John Pilling.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".