Dirk Van Hulle, Mark NixonCambridge University PressEdition: Reprint, 1/11/2017EAN 9781316632819, ISBN10: 1316632814Paperback, 328 pages, 22.8 x 15.2 x 1.8 cmLanguage: EnglishSamuel Beckett's Library critically examines the reading notes and marginalia contained in the books of Samuel Beckett's surviving library in Paris. Previously inaccessible to scholars, this is the first study to assess the importance of the marginalia, inscriptions, and other manuscript notes in the 750 volumes of the library. Setting the library into context with other manuscript material such as drafts and notebooks, this book examines the way in which Beckett absorbed, 'translated', and transmitted his reading in his own work. It thus illuminates Beckett's cultural and intellectual world, and shows the ways in which his reading often engendered writing.AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Reading tracesBeckett as a reader2. Literature in English3. Literature in French4. Literature in German5. Literature in Italian6. Classics and other literatures7. Philosophy8. Religion9. Dictionaries10. Science11. Music and artConcluding marginaliaNotesBibliographyAppendixcatalogue of books in Beckett's library.
