Beckett''s Afterlives - Adaptation, Remediation, Appropriation

Beckett's afterlives is the first book-length study dedicated to posthumous adaptations of Beckett's oeuvre. This collection analyses the remarkable diversity of creative engagements across different media and cultural contexts that have ensured the survival and continuing relevance of Beckett's work in a constantly changing world.

About the author

Jonathan Bignell is Reader in Television and Film at the University of Reading, and Director of the Centre for Television Drama Studies

Summary

Beckett’s afterlives is the first book-length study dedicated to posthumous adaptations of Beckett’s oeuvre. This collection analyses the remarkable diversity of creative engagements across different media and cultural contexts that have ensured the survival and continuing relevance of Beckett’s work in a constantly changing world. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Verhulst Bignell
• Assisted by: Jonathan Bignell (Editor), Bignell Jonathan (Editor), Anna Mcmullan (Editor), McMullan Anna (Editor), Pim Verhulst (Editor), Verhulst Pim (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9781526153791
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5379-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Radio / History & Criticism, Theatre Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Film, television, radio genres: Drama