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The collected poems of Samuel Beckett

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-19892012
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It was as a poet that Samuel Beckett launched himself in the little reviews of 1930s Paris, and as a poet that he ended his career. The Collected Poems is the most complete edition of Beckett's poetry and verse translations ever to be published, as well as the first critical edition. It establishes a significant new canon, and the commentary draws on a wide range of published sources, manuscripts and Beckett's extensive correspondence. The notes place each poem in context, detailing the history and circumstances of its composition; they indicate significant variants and help explain obscure turns of phrase and allusions (frequently sourced to Beckett's notebooks); they also identify resonances between poems and across Beckett's work as a whole. The commentary is written in a lively and engaging style and is intended equally for the general reader, the student of modernism and the Beckett specialist.
Main title:
The collected poems of Samuel Beckett / edited by Sean Lawlor and John Pilling.
Edition:
Critical edition.
Imprint:
London : Faber and Faber, 2012, c2012.London : Faber and Faber, 2012.©2012.
Collation:
xx, 499 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.Text in English and French.
ISBN:
9780571249855
Dewey class:
821.912
Language:
EnglishFrench
Added title:
BRN:
73949
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