Palgrave Advances in Samuel Beckett Studies explores the evolution of critical approaches to Beckett's writing. It will appeal to graduate students (and advance undergraduates) as well as scholars, for it offers both an overview of Beckett studies and investigates current debates within the interdisciplinary critical arena. Each of the contributors is an eminent Beckett specialist who has published widely in the field. The volume contains an introduction, twelve essays and a guide for further reading.

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H. PORTER ABBOTT Professor of English, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA LINDA BEN-ZVI Professor Emerita in English and Theatre, Colorado State University, USA and Senior Professor, Department of Theatre Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel PETER BOXALL Lecturer in Twentieth-Century Literature, University of Sussex, UK ENOCH BRATER Professor of English and Theatre, University of Michigan, USA MARY BRYDEN Professor of European Literature, Cardiff University, UK ELIN DIAMOND Professor of English, Rutgers University, USA S.E. GONTARSKI Sarah Herndon Professor of English, Florida State University, USA LESLIE HILL Professor of French Studies, University of Warwick, UK ANNA McMULLAN Lecturer in the School of Drama, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland ANGELA MOORJANI Professor of French and Affiliate Professor of Women's Studies, University of Maryland, USA DAVID PATTIE Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts, Chester College of Higher Education, UK KATHARINE WORTH Emeritus Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, University of London and Honorary Fellow of Royal Holloway University of London, UK

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Notes on Contributors Chronology Introduction; L.Oppenheim Narrative; H.Porter Abbott Intertextuality; E.Brater Feminist Readings of Beckett; E.Diamond Poststructuralist Readings of Beckett; L.Hill Irish/Postcolonial Beckett; A.McMullan Beckett and Homoeroticism; P.Boxall Biographical, Textual and Historical Origins; L.Ben-Zvi Beckett and Religion; M.Bryden Beckett and Psychoanalysis; A.Moorjani Beckett and Performance; S.E.Gontarski Sources of Attraction to Beckett's Theatre; K.Worth Beckett and Bibliography; D.Pattie Bibliography and Guide to Further Reading Index