Surreal Beckett situates Beckett's writings within the context of James Joyce and Surrealism, distinguishing ways in which Beckett forged his own unique path, sometimes in accord with, sometimes at odds with, these two powerful predecessors.
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Alan Friedman, Thaman Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Texas, Austin, has also taught at universities in England, France, and Ireland. His five authored books include Fictional Death and The Modernist Enterprise, Party Pieces: Oral Storytelling and Social Performance in Joyce and Beckett, and Multivalence: The Moral Quality of Form in the Modern Novel, and monographs on Lawrence Durrell and William Faulkner.
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Table of Contents
List of Figures:
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1 Surrealism's Origins and Evolution
Chapter 2 : Joycean Connections
Chapter 3 : Surrealist Connections
Chapter 4 : Beckett and Visual Art
Chapter 5 : Dreams, Birth, and Beyond
Chapter 6 : Voice, Narrative, and Identity
Appendix 1: Beckett and Surrealism: A Chronology
Appendix 2: Imaging Beckett
Bibliography
Index