Size: 5 x 8
Pages: 242
Illustrations:
edited by John M. Ackerman and David J. Coogan
The inclusion of this book in the Open Carolina collection is made possible by the generous funding of
"Astro's effort is intended to be an introduction to Beckett and decidedly achieves that end. His own language is quite clear, and he enjoys a significant ability to analyze Beckett's work. . . . A very profitable reading."—Romance Quarterly
"Admiring but not awed, Astro has written an unpretentious, imaginative, and thoughtful study of the recurring themes of alienation, 'incommunication," and failure that Beckett expressed in increasingly abstract form"—Choice
"The originality of Astro's book lies in his psychoanalytic study of Beckett's use of the English and French languages to portray persecution, betrayal, and the search for identity."—French Review
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