The Letters of Samuel Beckett: Volume 4, 1966–1989
Cambridge University Press, 9/29/2016
EAN 9780521867962, ISBN10: 0521867967
Hardcover, 942 pages, 21.6 x 13.8 x 4.5 cm
Language: English
This fourth and final volume, which completes the Cambridge edition of The Letters of Samuel Beckett, covers the final twenty-four years of what was, as Beckett saw it, a surprisingly long life. During these years he produced many of his finest and most concentrated works for theatre, plays that included Not I, Ohio Impromptu, and Catastrophe; for television he wrote Eh Joe and Ghost Trio; while in prose, he produced the late 'trilogy' that comprises Company, Ill Seen Ill Said, and Worstward Ho. In 1969, Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the letters from this period show him struggling to cope with the pressures created by his ever-growing international fame. The letters reveal how, later, he turned his mind to his legacy, as seen through his interactions with biographers and archivists. This volume also provides chronologies, explanatory notes, translations, and profiles of Beckett's chief correspondents.
List of illustrations
General introduction
French translator's preface George Craig
Editorial procedures
Acknowledgments
Permissions
Collections and abbreviations
Introduction to Volume 4 Dan Gunn
Letters, 1966–1989
Appendix
selection of letters from Samuel Beckett found after the appropriate volume of correspondence was published
Profiles
Bibliography of works cited
Index of recipients
Index of first names, abbreviations, and nicknames
Summary listing of Samuel Beckett's works, Volume 4
General index.