1406 results for 'Samuel Beckett'

Father of Lies is a chilling exploration of power, paranoia, and the dangers of blind obedience. In this fable, the author delivers a reasoned attack on blind religious obedience, revealing the...

Discover pivotal events and characters that shaped England's modern age in this third compilation of historical accounts. From 1690 to 1953, explore the lives and times of notable figures such as...

John Goldingay's Old Testament for Everyone commentary series offers a clear and accessible explanation of Scripture from Genesis to Malachi. Written by an internationally respected Old Testament...

The Word Biblical Commentary provides in-depth analysis of Scripture through rigorous examination of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. Written by leading scholars committed...

The Red and the BlackA masterpiece of 19th century French literature, this novel follows Julien Sorel's rise and fall in Parisian society. Born in the countryside, Julien seeks to overcome his humble...

The British Navy's technological advancements during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had a profound impact on its performance. This transformation was spearheaded by Samuel Bentham, who...

Penguins are among the most vulnerable creatures in the world, with many populations facing significant threats to their survival. This comprehensive guide presents the latest knowledge on eighteen...

The Atlantic Ocean's roughest passage was bridged by steamship in the 19th century, a remarkable feat that defined an era. Over time, these massive machines evolved into complex systems, transforming...

Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by John Milton, published in 1667. The work consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse, and was later revised into twelve books.Milton's...

The Book of Paradise A Yiddish Comic Novel by Itzik Manger is a witty and playful novel that explores the human world through the lens of a Jewish paradise. Written just before World War II, this...

The Pegging Book: A Complete Guide to Anal Sex with a Strap-On DildoCooper S. Beckett and Lyndzi Miller explore the world of pegging, a sex act that was previously unnamed, in this comprehensive...

Samuel S. Hildebrand's autobiography is a unique and fascinating account of his life as a Missouri "Bushwhacker" during the American Civil War era. Carefully compiled by James W. Evans and A. Wendell...

Zakhor: A Study in Jewish Historical ConsciousnessYosef Hayim Yerushalmi's latest work is a significant contribution to the field of Jewish studies, offering mature speculation and massive...

School Photos in Liquid Time Reframing Difference offers a unique perspective on a ubiquitous yet understudied genre of photography. Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer examine school photographs as...

Sam Iwry's story is one of survival and resilience in the face of war and persecution. Born in Poland, he fled with his family at the age of ten, before being forced to leave again at 29 due to...

Sam Sharpe's life story is one of courage and conviction. Born into slavery in Jamaica, he rose to become a Baptist preacher and leader in the fight for freedom. This account, written by Sharpe...

Every Family Has a Story: How We Inherit Love and LossBy Julia Samuel, a psychotherapist with a deep understanding of the relationships that shape us, this book invites you into the world of family...

This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings by Julia SamuelAcclaimed psychotherapist Julia Samuel offers a powerful antidote to the chaos we're all feeling. Drawing on hours...

Paula Hyman's groundbreaking study explores the experiences of Jewish women in modern history, challenging traditional narratives that have long focused on men. By examining writings from memoirs to...

This comprehensive review of Jewish culture and history explores how rites and customs celebrating stages of life have evolved over time.From biblical to modern times, Ivan G. Marcus examines the...

This collection of quotes features insightful and humorous sayings from one of history's most influential thinkers. By reading these quotations, you can gain new perspectives on life and learning...

Dream of Fair to Middling Women by Samuel Beckett is a novel that offers a rare and revealing portrait of the artist as a young man. Written in 1932, it was initially rejected by several publishers...

Samuel Beckett's Selected Poems 1930-1989 presents a striking collection of verse that lingers in the mind and senses. The poems are both graphic and vivid, yet possess an intense musicality. These...

More Pricks Than Kicks by Samuel Beckett is a collection of ten interconnected stories that explore the lives and experiences of its characters. Set in Dublin, these tales feature Belacqua as he...

Gretchen Rubin's experiment in finding happiness at home is a fascinating exploration of what makes life more fulfilling. In this book, she delves into the factors that matter most for home,...

Set in 1989, Yell, Sam, If You Still Can Le Tiers Temps is a poignant portrayal of Samuel Beckett's final years. Living in the Le Tiers-Temps retirement home in Paris, he has become an integral part...

Revolutionary Jews from Spinoza to Marx: The Fight for a Secular World of Universal and Equal Rights by Jonathan I. Israel. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, a small but influential group of...

Samuel Beckett's minimalist genius is celebrated in this personal tribute by Hélène Cixous. The book explores his novels, plays and poems, highlighting his unique linguistic flair and stylistic...

Detailed annotation of Samuel Beckett's 'Murphy' offers a unique insight into the author's writing process. This comprehensive work includes an extensive introduction to the novel's composition,...

Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death and SurvivingA compassionate guide to navigating the complexities of grief, this book offers practical advice and personal stories to support those who have lost a...

Samuel Beckett's Texts for Nothing and Other Shorter Prose brings together some of his most distinctive and innovative short works from the 1950s to the 1970s. Freshly edited and with a new...

Samuel Beckett's Collected Shorter Plays brings together his lesser-known dramatic works for stage, radio, and television. Arranged in chronological order, these plays showcase Beckett's distinctive...

Set against the backdrop of World War Two, Samuel Beckett's novel Watt tells the story of a mysterious figure known as Mr. Watt, who is tasked with performing a series of seemingly meaningless tasks...

The Wing Chun Traditional Wooden Dummy is a comprehensive guide to mastering the art of Wing Chun. Grandmaster Samuel Kwok shares his expertise in a step-by-step guide to the Wooden Dummy hands...

Samuel Beckett's Disjecta Miscellaneous Writings and a Dramatic Fragment offers a unique glimpse into the mind of one of the 20th century's most important writers. This collection, carefully selected...

Samuel Beckett's All that Fall and Other Plays for Radio and Screen brings together his dramatic writings for radio, television, and film. This collection showcases Beckett's unique exploration of...

Eva's past is a secret she's kept hidden for years, but when her daughter discovers a cache of letters in the attic, the truth begins to unravel. As Eva confronts the reality of her family's past,...

Late Essays 2006 - 2017 by J. M. Coetzee This collection gathers together J.M. Coetzee's literary essays from 2006 to 2017, exploring a range of subjects including Daniel Defoe and Samuel Beckett...

Entity Possession: Freeing the Energy Body from Negative Influences For centuries, Eastern traditions have taken entity possession seriously, recognizing the impact of these incorporeal beings on...

Fresh Oil, Holy Fire, New Wine explores the transformative power of the Holy Spirit in everyday life. Pastor Samuel Rodriguez draws on Scripture, personal experience, and practical application to...

Waiting for Godot: A Bilingual Edition First performed in 1953 and first published by Faber in 1956, Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot is a masterpiece of modern theatre. This tragicomedy in two...

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett First performed in 1953 at the Théâtre de Babylone, this play has become one of the most important and enigmatic works of the past fifty years. Its impact was...

First published in 1938, Murphy is Samuel Beckett's debut novel, a poignant exploration of isolation and the human condition.The story revolves around its enigmatic eponymous hero, who, disillusioned...

Samuel Beckett's novel Molloy brings a world into existence with finicky certainties, leaving the reader to ponder the nature of reality. Written in French and first published in English, this work...

The Lonely Londoners is a vivid account of immigrant experience in 1950s London, a city where hope and despair coexist. This Penguin Modern Classics edition features an introduction by Susheila Nasta...

Journey From Fort Prince Wales, in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean is an important historical work that has been preserved and made available for public access. First published between 1769 and...

The Expelled: The Calmative; The End; with First Love is a collection of four short stories by Samuel Beckett. Written in 1945, these tales were published much later and feature a first-person...

The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett In this enigmatic novel, a narrator struggles to define himself, trapped in a cycle of self-referential speech. With a detached air, he ponders the futility of...

Dante and the Lobster is a short story by Samuel Beckett, first published in 1934. It was part of his debut collection, More Pricks Than Kicks, which showcased Beckett's unique writing style, heavily...

Wife by Samuel Adamson is a thought-provoking novel that explores the complexities of marriage and the choices we make. In 1959, a woman named Daisy finds herself at a crossroads, torn between her...

Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot is a seminal work of 20th-century drama that continues to captivate audiences with its enigmatic story. First performed in 1953, the play has become one of the most...

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington In 1993, a thought-provoking article by Samuel P. Huntington sparked a significant debate about the future of world...

Richard Ellmann explores the lives of four influential Irish-born writers: Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats, James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. Through in-depth analysis, Ellmann reveals how their experiences...

The End by Samuel BeckettA bleak and humorous exploration of decay and death, this collection of two stories follows an unnamed vagrant as they contend with the inevitability of decline. With its...

These four prose fictions by Samuel Beckett were composed over the final decade of his life. They explore themes of memory, isolation and the search for meaning.The collection includes Company, which...

Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot is a complex and thought-provoking play that challenges readers to consider the nature of existence and human connection. This concise study guide provides a clear...

Samuel R. Delany's 1996 novel, Trouble on Triton, is a thought-provoking science fiction tale that explores the complexities of identity and societal expectations. Set against a backdrop of...

Along Heroic Lines brings together new and revised essays from renowned scholar and critic Professor Christopher Ricks. This collection showcases his critical insights across various literary genres,...

This collection of essays by Peter Gidal explores key concepts in film theory and aesthetics. Topics include metaphor, narrative, and the representation of sex, with discussions of works by notable...

Samuel R. Delany's Babel-17 is a thought-provoking novel about a poet's quest to decipher a secret language that holds the key to a deadly force. The book follows her journey with an improbable crew...

Happy Days: A Play in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett. Written in 1960, this two-act play explores the complexities of human interaction through the conversations between two characters. Their dialogue is...

Endgame and Act Without Words One is a powerful play by Samuel Beckett, considered by many critics to be his greatest single work. Written in French and translated into English, it is a stark and...

Eleutheria, written by Samuel Beckett in French before Waiting for Godot, is a comedy about a young man at odds with his middle-class family. Living alone in a bedsit, he refuses to participate in...

The Coming of Godot: A Short History of a MasterpieceBy Jonathan Croall, foreword by Sir Peter Hall. This book tells the story behind the world premiere of Waiting for Godot, the iconic absurdist...

Samuel R. Delany's Atlantis: Three Tales is a collection of three interconnected stories that explore the intricate relationships between memory, experience, and the self. Through a unique blend of...

A race for the stolen phallus of a nameless god Phallos is a novel by Samuel R. Delany, set during the reign of the Roman emperor Hadrian. The story follows the search for a powerful artifact, a...

The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities by Fr. Samuel F. Weber O.S.B. This collection provides English chant settings for the Entrance and Communion Antiphons in The Roman Missal, 2010, as...

Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The UnnamableSamuel Beckett's Nobel Prize-winning trilogy is a profound exploration of the human condition. First published in French in 1951, these three...

Waiting for Godot: A tragicomedy in two ActsThis play, first performed at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris in 1953, has become one of the most famous and influential works of modern theatre...

Shakespeare for Snowflakes On Slapstick and Sympathy by Ian Burrows explores how playwrights like Shakespeare, Sarah Kane, Sophocles, Samuel Beckett, and others used the actor's body to evoke...

Sumerian Mythology by Samuel Noah Kramer is a comprehensive collection of the myths and literature of the Sumerians, a non-Semitic, non-Indo-European people who flourished in southern Babylonia from...

Anglo-American modernism is represented in this comprehensive anthology, featuring works by key figures such as James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens,...

Waiting for Wovoka is the fourth book in Gerald Vizenor's Native Liberty Series. In 1962, five young Native American puppeteers embark on an extraordinary journey from their White Earth Reservation...

Exploring the complex relationship between Modernism and Christianity, this book argues that no coherent account of Modernism can ignore its Christian roots.The author examines the impact of...

Dr. Samuel Milham's groundbreaking work reveals the shocking link between electromagnetic field exposure and human disease, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and suicide. First...

Richard Ellmann's biography of James Joyce has been revised and expanded to include newly discovered primary material. This updated work sheds new light on Joyce's life, revealing previously unknown...

The modernist period was marked by world war and violent revolution. This book explores how the extraordinary literary achievements of this era were shaped by their contexts of historical violence,...

This collection brings together four novellas that showcase Beckett's early experimentation with French as his literary language. "First Love", "The Calamative", "The End" and "The Expelled" offer a...

This poetic novel presents a unique and powerful exploration of human experience. Samuel Beckett's spare prose builds into a tightly wrought structure that offers a profound meditation on the nature...

The Cambridge Companion to the Irish Novel provides a comprehensive overview of three centuries of Irish fiction. Spanning diverse authors from Maria Edgeworth to Samuel Beckett, this volume offers...

This fascinating history of the rise of the Nazis draws together a multitude of voices from across Germany to create a powerful narrative. Based on first-hand accounts, these stories offer a...

Glenn Hughes explores how six literary modernists - Emily Dickinson, Marcel Proust, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Samuel Beckett, and Bob Dylan - have grappled with the human relationship to a...

Hurt and Pain: Literature and the Suffering Body explores how authors have portrayed bodies in pain across various literary genres from the 17th century to the present day. Susannah B. Mintz examines...

Malina is a novel that has been hailed as "equal to the best of Virginia Woolf and Samuel Beckett" by the New York Times Book Review. Written by Ingeborg Bachmann, this legendary work is a deeply...

Lucia Joyce's story is one of thwarted ambition and passionate creativity, set against the vibrant backdrop of 1920s Paris.As the daughter of James Joyce, Lucia finds herself torn between her...

Fifty Modern and Contemporary Dramatists is an in-depth introduction to the work of influential playwrights from the 1950s to the present. This collection features essays by international academic...

This Norton Critical Edition brings together the complete works of major Irish playwrights, including W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, and Samuel Beckett. The collection includes fourteen plays, along with...

The Birth of Emma K. And Other Stories is an inventive collection of twelve short stories by Zsolt Láng, one of Hungary's most prominent and acclaimed writers today.Rich with magic, these stories...

Trilingual Joyce: A Comparative Study of James Joyce's Anna Livia Plurabelle Translations. This detailed study explores James Joyce's involvement in the translations of his 1928 text, Anna Livia...

The Banshees of Inisherin by Martin McDonagh is a darkly comedic drama that explores the complexities of male friendship. Set against the backdrop of a long-standing feud, this screenplay delves into...

J.M. Coetzee's Inner Workings gathers together his literary essays from 2000 to 2005, exploring the work of writers from various periods and traditions. The collection delves into the writings of...

Viviane A Novel by Julia Deck is a gripping exploration of madness and language that tests the boundaries between chaos and coherence. Drawing inspiration from the work of Samuel Beckett, Deck crafts...

Salome's Dance After 1890: A Modernist Imagination This book explores the significance of Salome's veiled dance in modernist performance, examining its influence through readings of literary and...

Listening in Music, Mind, and the Modernist Narrative by Eric Prieto explores how music has influenced modernist writers' approaches to storytelling. This study focuses on the postwar Parisian...

This study sheds new light on the collaborative relationships within W.B. Yeats's circle and their impact on the Irish Cultural Revival and Irish Modernism.Through five case studies, Karen Brown...

William S. Burroughs' essays offer a unique blend of wit and wisdom, providing candid assessments of various writers and thinkers. From his observations on science to his reflections on his own life...

The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre and Literature of the Absurd by Michael Y. Bennett provides an in-depth exploration of the absurd movement in theatre and literature. This accessible guide sets...

George Carlson's creative output spanned over five decades, yielding thousands of cartoons, comics, riddles, and games that captivated both children and adults with their fanciful spirit and...

Translating Style: A Literary Approach to Translation is a thought-provoking exploration of the art of translating literary style. Parks challenges conventional approaches, instead offering a...

The signature sartorial and literary style of fifty men and women of letters is revealed in this unique compendium. Profiles-packed with eighty black-and-white photographs, excerpts, quotes, and fast...