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INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION A large number of recent research projects and publications have focused on the literary, artistic, academic and other contexts of Beckett's oeuvre, concentrating on the inter-war and post-war periods (one has but to think of the archival turn in Beckett studies). This volume is devoted mainly to his texts of the forties and later, and particularly to those he composed after his adoption of the French language. What are the parallels between Beckett's own texts and those of other writers (literary and philosophical), but also between his work and the work of artists of the period? How does the budding francophone writer position himself in the cultural field during his difficult beginnings and after his first successes? How can he be situated in relation to the context of the three cultures he is dealing with? The essays presented in this part of the current issue attempt to see Beckett as a writer among other authors with whom he connects or competes, to examine his relations with artists, whether Beckett stimulates them or is stimulated by them, and to define his `posture' and his position in the cultural field. The dossier is divided into two parts, "Confronting the Arts, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Samuel Beckett Today / Aujourd'hui Brill

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
Copyright 2013 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0927-3131
eISSN
1875-7405
DOI
10.1163/9789401210256_002
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Abstract

A large number of recent research projects and publications have focused on the literary, artistic, academic and other contexts of Beckett's oeuvre, concentrating on the inter-war and post-war periods (one has but to think of the archival turn in Beckett studies). This volume is devoted mainly to his texts of the forties and later, and particularly to those he composed after his adoption of the French language. What are the parallels between Beckett's own texts and those of other writers (literary and philosophical), but also between his work and the work of artists of the period? How does the budding francophone writer position himself in the cultural field during his difficult beginnings and after his first successes? How can he be situated in relation to the context of the three cultures he is dealing with? The essays presented in this part of the current issue attempt to see Beckett as a writer among other authors with whom he connects or competes, to examine his relations with artists, whether Beckett stimulates them or is stimulated by them, and to define his `posture' and his position in the cultural field. The dossier is divided into two parts, "Confronting the Arts,

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Samuel Beckett Today / Aujourd'huiBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2013

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