01662nam a2200241Ia 450000100060000000300050000600500170001100800410002801000210006902000150009004000180010505000210012305100300014408200160017424501290019026000510031930000240037050001330039450400410052750507510056860000650131970000360138459521BIBL20160527190824.0701026s1970 ilu b 00100 eng  a 77099052 //r902 a0226263460 aDLCcDLCdDLC00aPR6003.E282bZ82 aPR6003.E282bZ82cCopy 2.00a848/.9/140900aSamuel Beckett nowbcritical approaches to his novels, poetry, and plays.cEdited and with an introd. by Melvin J. Friedman.0 a[Chicago]bUniversity of Chicago Pressc[1970] axii, 275 p.c23 cm. aWith the exception of three essays, an earlier form of this book appeared in French as Configuration critique de Samuel Beckett. aIncludes bibliographical references.0 aIntroduction, by M. J. Friedman.--The elusive ego: Beckett's M's, by F. J. Hoffman.--Robbe-Grillet as a critic of Samuel Beckett, by B. Morrissette.--The strange world of Beckett's "grands articulés," by G. Brée.--Black humor: the pockets of Lemuel Gulliver and Samuel Beckett, by E. Kern.--Beckettian paradox: who is telling the truth? By R. Federman.--Adventures of the first person, by R. Champigny.--Molloy or the quest for meaninglessness: a global interpretation, by D. Hayman.--Interpreting Molloy, by J. Fletcher.--A poet's initiation, by L. E. Harvey.--The laughter of sad Samuel Beckett, by R. Cohn.--Beckett's metaphysics of choiceless awareness, by R. Lamont.--Samuel Beckett: a checklist of criticism, by J. R. Bryer (p. 219-259)10aBeckett, Samueld1906-xCriticism and interpretation.2Local10aFriedman, Melvin J.eed.2Local