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Ten Ways of Thinking About Samuel Beckett: The Falsetto of Reason (Diaries, Letters and Essays)

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Enoch Brater
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"Both witty and approachable...There is a great deal of intelligent analysis here to enlighten anyone working on Beckett, and none if it is too abstruse."—The Stage

"Those who are still intimidated by Beckett's reputation should read Enoch Brater's witty, stimulating, brilliantly discursive reflections on his work. They'll end up finding both the writer and the critic far more entertaining than they dared suspect."—Benedict Nightingale

"An eloquent, witty and erudite collection of essays that illuminates Beckett's drama and prose fiction from a number of complementary perspectives. Brater's precise explication of the interwoven tropes of language and mise-en-scène is combined with a fine grasp of the overarching structure of work … to create a rich and suggestive series of reflections on Beckett's aesthetics."—Robert Gordon, Professor of Drama, Goldsmiths, University of London

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Beckett is acknowledged as one of the greatest playwrights and most innovative fiction writers of the twentieth century with an international appeal that bridges both general and more specialist readers. This collection of essays by renowned Beckett scholar Enoch Brater offers a delightfully original, playful and intriguing series of approaches to Beckett's drama, fiction and poetry.

Beginning with a chapter entitled 'Things to Ponder While Waiting for Godot', each essay deftly illuminates aspects of Beckett's thinking and craft, making astute and often surprising discoveries along the way. In a series of beguiling discussions such as 'From Dada to Didi: Beckett and the Art of His Century', 'Beckett's Devious Interventions, or Fun with Cube Roots' and 'The Seated Figure on Beckett's Stage', Brater proves the perfect companion and commentator on Beckett's work, helping readers to approach it with fresh eyes and a renewed sense of the author's unique aesthetic.

All recent publications by Enoch Brater

  • The Theatre: A Concise History
  • Ten Ways of Thinking About Samuel Beckett: The Falsetto of Reason (Diaries, Letters and Essays)
  • Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman
  • Arthur Miller Plays: Six
  • Arthur Miller's Global Theater
  • Arthur Miller: A Playwright's Life and Works
  • Arthur Miller's America<br>Theater & Culture in a Time of Change

All publications by Enoch Brater

Ten Ways of Thinking About Samuel Beckett: The Falsetto of Reason (Methuen Drama, 2011);The Essential Samuel Beckett (Thames & Hudson, 2003); Arthur Miller's America: Theater and Culture in a Time of Change (UM Press, 2005); Arthur Miller: A Playwright's Life and Works (Thames & Hudson, 2005); The Drama in the Text: Beckett's Late Fiction (Oxford University Press, 1994); Beyond Minimalism: Beckett's Late Style in the Theater (Oxford, 1987; OUP paperback, 1990; OUP on-demand, 2000--); Why Beckett (Thames and Hudson, 1989; Japanese translation, 1990, 1995; Spanish translation, 1997); Beckett At 80/Beckett In Context (Oxford, 1986); Approaches To Teaching Beckett's 'Waiting For Godot' (MLA, 1991; paperback, 1992); Feminine Focus: The New Women Playwrights (Oxford, 1989); Around the Absurd: Essays on Modern and Postmodern Drama (Michigan, 1990; UM paperback, 1992); The Theatrical Gamut: Notes for a Post-Beckettian Stage (UM Press, 1995); The Theatre: A Concise History, rev. ed. (Thames and Hudson, 1997; 2012); Arthur Miller's Global Theater (UM Press, 2007); Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' (Methuen, 2009). Essays in: Modern Drama, Theatre Journal, Twentieth Century Literature, English Literary History, Modern Language Quarterly, Comparative Drama, Contemporary Literature, American Repertory Theatre News, The Nation, The New Republic, Journal of Beckett Studies, Samuel Beckett Today/Aujourd'Hui (the Netherlands), Eureka (Japan), Beckettiana (Argentina), Cycnos (France), Welt Im Wort/Voix Des Lettres (Switzerland), Assaph (Israel) and in various collections, most recently from Cambridge UP, Methuen, Routledge and Palgrave/Macmillan. Past-President, Samuel Beckett Society; Series Editor, Theater: Theory/Text Performance (UM Press, emeritus); Modern Drama ENGAGE (Methuen) and Michigan Major Dramatists (UM Press). Visiting Professorships: Universia degli Studi di Trento, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Universita degli Studi di Roma II.

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