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This volume of the BDMP series charts the genesis of three iconic Beckett plays: Not I (1973), That Time (1976) and Footfalls (1976), all translated into French by their author. Including analyses of abandoned archival precursors the Kilcool' drafts (1963) and the Petit Odéon' Fragments (19671968) the book covers a crucial period in Beckett's playwriting career, during which his long-held ambition to stage a mouth babbling in the dark became a catalyst for some of his most innovative work. This volume provides a comprehensive guide to the history of the three plays, tracking their development from compositional manuscripts through to publication and performance. The book contends that these plays should be seen as stagings of the subjectobject breakdown explored in Beckett's early writing. Drawing on the notes he took on psychology and psychoanalysis in 19341935, it examines the many psychological and psychoanalytic concepts that are used in the aut

The Making of Samuel Becketts Not I Pas moi That Time Cette fois and Footfalls Pas

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    Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
    Publication Date: 1/30/2021
    ISBN13: 9781350269040, 978-1350269040
    ISBN10: 1350269042

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

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    This volume of the BDMP series charts the genesis of three iconic Beckett plays: Not I (1973), That Time (1976) and Footfalls (1976), all translated into French by their author. Including analyses of abandoned archival precursors the Kilcool' drafts (1963) and the Petit Odéon' Fragments (19671968) the book covers a crucial period in Beckett's playwriting career, during which his long-held ambition to stage a mouth babbling in the dark became a catalyst for some of his most innovative work. This volume provides a comprehensive guide to the history of the three plays, tracking their development from compositional manuscripts through to publication and performance. The book contends that these plays should be seen as stagings of the subjectobject breakdown explored in Beckett's early writing. Drawing on the notes he took on psychology and psychoanalysis in 19341935, it examines the many psychological and psychoanalytic concepts that are used in the aut

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