The Resource The world of Samuel Beckett, 1906-1946, Lois Gordon
The world of Samuel Beckett, 1906-1946, Lois Gordon
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The item The world of Samuel Beckett, 1906-1946, Lois Gordon represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- Samuel Beckett, whose play Waiting for Godot was one of the most influential works for the post-World War II generation, has long been identified with the debilitated and innocent characters he created. In this provocative book, Lois Gordon offers a new perspective on Beckett, challenging the prevalent image of him as reclusive, self-absorbed, and disturbed. Gordon investigates the first forty years of Beckett's life and finds that he was, on the contrary, a kind and generous man who responded sensitively and even heroically to the world around him. Gordon describes the various places and events that affected Beckett during this formative period: war-torn Dublin during the Easter Uprising and World War I, where he spent his childhood and student days; Belfast and Paris in the 1920s and London during the Depression, where he lived and worked; Germany in 1937, where he traveled and witnessed Hitler's brutal domestic policies; prewar and occupied France, where he was active in the Resistance (for which he was later decorated); and the war-torn town of Saint-Lo in Normandy, which he helped to restore following the liberation. Gordon also portrays the individuals who were important to Beckett: including Jack B. Yeats, Alfred Peron, Thomas McGreevy, and, most significantly, James Joyce, who was a model for Beckett personally, artistically, and politically. Gordon argues convincingly that Beckett was very much aware of the political and cultural turmoil of this period and that the enormously creative works he wrote after World War II can, in fact, be viewed as a product of and testament to those tumultuous times
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 250 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction: Beckett as Hero
- 1. Ireland
- 2. Paris, 1928
- 3. James Joyce
- 4. Jack B. Yeats
- 5. London
- 6. Germany and Prewar Paris
- 7. France
- 8. Roussillon
- 9. Saint-Lo
- Isbn
- 9780300143447
- Label
- The world of Samuel Beckett, 1906-1946
- Title
- The world of Samuel Beckett, 1906-1946
- Statement of responsibility
- Lois Gordon
- Subject
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- Authors, French
- Authors, French -- 20th century -- Biography
- Authors, Irish
- Authors, Irish -- 20th century -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
- Beckett, Samuel
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
- Biography
- 1900-1999
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Littérature et guerre
- War and literature
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war
- Écrivains français -- 20e siècle -- Biographies
- Écrivains irlandais -- 20e siècle -- Biographies
- Electronic books
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Samuel Beckett, whose play Waiting for Godot was one of the most influential works for the post-World War II generation, has long been identified with the debilitated and innocent characters he created. In this provocative book, Lois Gordon offers a new perspective on Beckett, challenging the prevalent image of him as reclusive, self-absorbed, and disturbed. Gordon investigates the first forty years of Beckett's life and finds that he was, on the contrary, a kind and generous man who responded sensitively and even heroically to the world around him. Gordon describes the various places and events that affected Beckett during this formative period: war-torn Dublin during the Easter Uprising and World War I, where he spent his childhood and student days; Belfast and Paris in the 1920s and London during the Depression, where he lived and worked; Germany in 1937, where he traveled and witnessed Hitler's brutal domestic policies; prewar and occupied France, where he was active in the Resistance (for which he was later decorated); and the war-torn town of Saint-Lo in Normandy, which he helped to restore following the liberation. Gordon also portrays the individuals who were important to Beckett: including Jack B. Yeats, Alfred Peron, Thomas McGreevy, and, most significantly, James Joyce, who was a model for Beckett personally, artistically, and politically. Gordon argues convincingly that Beckett was very much aware of the political and cultural turmoil of this period and that the enormously creative works he wrote after World War II can, in fact, be viewed as a product of and testament to those tumultuous times
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gordon, Lois G
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Beckett, Samuel
- Beckett, Samuel
- Beckett, Samuel
- World War (1939-1945)
- Beckett, Samuel
- World War, 1939-1945
- Authors, Irish
- Authors, French
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945
- Écrivains irlandais
- Écrivains français
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Authors, French
- Authors, Irish
- War and literature
- Label
- The world of Samuel Beckett, 1906-1946, Lois Gordon
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Beckett as Hero -- 1. Ireland -- 2. Paris, 1928 -- 3. James Joyce -- 4. Jack B. Yeats -- 5. London -- 6. Germany and Prewar Paris -- 7. France -- 8. Roussillon -- 9. Saint-Lo
- Control code
- ocn861792687
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 250 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780300143447
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt2zxcqg
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)861792687
- Label
- The world of Samuel Beckett, 1906-1946, Lois Gordon
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Beckett as Hero -- 1. Ireland -- 2. Paris, 1928 -- 3. James Joyce -- 4. Jack B. Yeats -- 5. London -- 6. Germany and Prewar Paris -- 7. France -- 8. Roussillon -- 9. Saint-Lo
- Control code
- ocn861792687
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 250 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780300143447
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt2zxcqg
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)861792687
Subject
- Authors, French
- Authors, French -- 20th century -- Biography
- Authors, Irish
- Authors, Irish -- 20th century -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
- Beckett, Samuel
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
- Biography
- 1900-1999
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Littérature et guerre
- War and literature
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war
- Écrivains français -- 20e siècle -- Biographies
- Écrivains irlandais -- 20e siècle -- Biographies
- Electronic books
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