1929-31 : Rather too self-conscious -- 1932-33 : Intricate festoons of words -- 1934-36 : These demented particulars -- 1937-40 : No trifle too trifling -- 1941-45 : Semantic succour -- 1946 : J'ouvre la série -- 1947-49 : Mais la réalité, trop fatigué pour chercher le mot juste -- 1950-52 : Rien à faire -- 1953-58 : Then these flashes, or gushes -- 1959-61 : Fresh elements and motifs -- 1962-69 : A little rush, then another -- 1970-76 : Soudain ou peu à peu -- 1977-89 : Comment dire -- Appendix 1. Beckett and performance -- Appendix 2. Beckett's self-translations.
Summary
"A Beckett Canon by renowned theater scholar Ruby Cohn is [a] ... guide to the complete works of Samuel Beckett. Beginning in 1929 with Beckett's earliest work, the book examines the variety of genres in which he worked: poems, short stories, novels, plays, radio pieces, teleplays, reviews, and criticism. Cohn grapples with the difficulties in Beckett's work, including the opaque erudition of the early English verse and fiction, and the searching depths and syntactical ellipsis of the late works. Intended as a resource to accompany the reading of Beckett's writing--in English or French, published or unpublished, in part or as a whole--the book offers context, information, and interpretation of the work of one of the last century's most important writers"--From publisher's description. A guide to the oeuvre of Samuel Beckett, this book comments on his work in its original language. Beginning in 1929 with Beckett's earliest work, this book examines the variety of genres in which he worked, evaluating his poems, short stories, novels, plays, radio pieces, teleplays, reviews, and criticism.
