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Samuel Beckett's German Diaries 1936-1937 (Historicizing Modernism) (Hardback)
$90.63 - Save $4.77 (5%) - RRP $95.40 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Samuel Beckett's German Diaries 1936-1937Sheds light on the development of crucial aspects of Beckett's post-war writing by drawing on exclusive access to his unpublished German diaries. This book explores the relevance of these diaries to Beckett's development as a writer. It challenges traditional literary interpretations by taking an empirical approach to modernist writing.
Full description- Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Published: 23 June 2011
- Format: Hardback 262 pages
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- Categories: Diaries, Letters & Journals | Literary Studies: General | Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers
- ISBN 13: 9781441152589 ISBN 10: 144115258X
- Sales rank: 497,491
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Full description for Samuel Beckett's German Diaries 1936-1937
Sixdiary notebooks kept by Samuel Beckett during his1936-7 trip through Nazi Germany were discovered in 1989. Samuel Beckett's German Diaries 1936-1937 is the first study to explore the relevance of these diaries to Beckett's development as a writer. Using the diaries as the central point of focus, Nixon draws on unpublished manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence, reading notes from the 1930s to reflect on both Beckett's creative evolution prior to 1936 and the direction his writing took after his return to Dublin in April 1937. As well as gaining an insight into Beckett's reading of classical German literature, Nixon shows how the pared-down style of writing, the self-examination and the importance of the visual arts that govern Beckett's post-war works traces back to the pages of these notebooks. By illuminating how Beckett's writing and aesthetics underwent a far-reaching change during the 1930s, Nixon's study is crucial to our understanding of the emergence of Beckett as a radical writer in the post-war years.
