Samuel Beckett : Waiting for Godot, Krapp's Last Tape, Endgame

Do you want to know why Beckett has become a figure of such continuing influence and importance in the theatre? Are you studying his plays and looking for help with interpretation? Do you teach Beckett and need a reliable guide to his plays? A Faber Critical Guide to Samuel Beckett''s major work gives all this and more: An introduction to the distinctive features of the playwright''s work The significance of the playwright in the context of modern theatre A detailed analysis of each of the classic plays: language, structure and character features of performance select bibliography Compiled by experts in their field, for use in classroom, college or at home, Faber Critical Guides are the essential companions to the work of all leading dramatists. Also in this series: Faber Critical Guides to the major works of Sean O''Casey, Brian Friel, Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard.

About the author

John Fletcher

Product details

• Authors: John Fletcher
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.07.2000
• EAN: 9780571197781
• ISBN: 978-0-571-19778-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 180 mm x 11 mm
• Series: Faber Critical Guide; FABER CRITICAL GUIDES; FABER CRITICAL GUIDES; Faber Critical Guide
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Other ELT Examinations, Absurdism; Beckett; Criticism; Modernism