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Editorial: The State of Beckett's Texts

Editorial: The State of Beckett's Texts D I R K VA N H U L L E A N D M A R K N I X O N Ever since Samuel Beckett's death, twenty-five years ago, the wish for critically edited texts of his works has been expressed by readers and researchers alike. In 1992, for instance, John Banville wrote in the New York Review of Books (13 August 1992) that `It is time now for all of Beckett's work to be properly edited and published in definite and accurate editions in order that future readers be allowed to see them for the unique testaments that they are'. This was more than two decades ago. But these years have not been wasted, because textual scholarship has witnessed an enormous development in the meantime. This issue of the contains contributions that illustrate the urgent need for critical editions as well as suggestions, from the perspective of textual scholarship, to take advantage of the developments in scholarly editing during the last few decades and apply the state of the art in this discipline to Beckett's texts. In the proceedings of the conference `Beckett and Beyond' (Monaco, 17­20 May 1991), James Knowlson's contribution opened with the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Beckett Studies Edinburgh University Press

Editorial: The State of Beckett's Texts

Van Hulle, Dirk; Nixon, Mark
Journal of Beckett Studies , Volume 24 (1): v – Apr 1, 2015
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Edinburgh University Press
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Literary Studies
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0309-5207
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10.3366/jobs.2015.0115
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D I R K VA N H U L L E A N D M A R K N I X O N Ever since Samuel Beckett's death, twenty-five years ago, the wish for critically edited texts of his works has been expressed by readers and researchers alike. In 1992, for instance, John Banville wrote in the New York Review of Books (13 August 1992) that `It is time now for all of Beckett's work to be properly edited and published in definite and accurate editions in order that future readers be allowed to see them for the unique testaments that they are'. This was more than two decades ago. But these years have not been wasted, because textual scholarship has witnessed an enormous development in the meantime. This issue of the contains contributions that illustrate the urgent need for critical editions as well as suggestions, from the perspective of textual scholarship, to take advantage of the developments in scholarly editing during the last few decades and apply the state of the art in this discipline to Beckett's texts. In the proceedings of the conference `Beckett and Beyond' (Monaco, 17­20 May 1991), James Knowlson's contribution opened with the

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Published: Apr 1, 2015

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