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Author:

Dilks, Stephen.

Title:

Samuel Beckett in the literary marketplace / Stephen John Dilks ; with a foreword by S.E. Gontarski.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Syracuse University Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

xxii, 352 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Beckett, Samuel,--1906-1989--Criticism and interpretation.
Publishers and publishing--Ireland--History--20th century.
Authorship--History--History--20th century.
Authors and publishers--Ireland.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-333) and index.

Contents:

Portraits of Beckett as a professional writer -- "Fight": Beckett's social agency, 1928-1934 -- Beckett's professional agency: the Reavey years, 1932-1937 -- Deploying positive annihilation: displacing Joyce, 1938-1945 -- A room of his own, 1945-1950 -- Relaxing into fame: contracts and agreements, 1950-1956 -- Selling Beckett as an unknown celebrity, 1956-1969.

Series:

Irish studies

ISBN:

0815632541 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780815632542 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)681500653

LCCN:

2010052233

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)