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The 35 new and original chapters in this Companion capture the continued vitality of Beckett studies in drama, music and the visual arts and establish rich and varied cultural contexts for Beckett's work world-wide. As well as considering topics such as Beckett and science, historiography, geocriticism and philosophy, the volume focuses on the post-centenary impetus within Beckett studies, emphasising a return to primary sources amid letters, drafts, and other documents. Major Beckett critics such as Steven Connor, David Lloyd, Andrew Gibson, John Pilling, Jean-Michel Rabate, and Mark Nixon, as well as emerging researchers, present the latest critical thinking in 9 key areas: Art & Aesthetics; Fictions; European Context; Irish Context; Film, Radio & Television; Language/Writing; Philosophies; Theatre & Performance; Global Beckett. Edited by eminent Beckett scholar S. E. Gontarski, the Companion draws on the most vital, ground-breaking research to outline the nature of Beckett studies for the next generation.

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The essays included in this volume, in their aggregate, testify to the powerful impact Beckett's work has had on the human imagination as they point towards reasons why his work might have captured a zeitgeist that is, in many respects, still with us. --Amanda Denni, University of Iowa Journal of Modern Literature 40:4

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S. E. Gontarski is Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English at Florida State University where he served as Director of Graduate Studies from 2006-2010.

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