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- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Authors’ Note
- Samuel Beckett (1906–1989): The Last Literary Giant
- Dialogue I Messianism: Pros and Cons: Waiting for Godot (1949)
- Dialogue II The Tyranny of the Emancipated Mind: Endgame (1956)
- Dialogue III The Fiasco of Self-Creation: Krapp's Last Tape (1958)
- Dialogue IV Incorrigible Optimism: Happy Days (1961)
- Dialogue V The Comic Side of Pessimism: Rough for Theatre II (late 1950s)
- Dialogue VI Life as Purgatory: Play (1962)
- Dialogue VII Darkness and Forms of Speech: Not I (1972)
- Dialogue VIII Inventing Oneself: That Time (1974)
- Dialogue IX Life without a Father: Footfalls (1975)
- Dialogue X Creatures of the Night: …but the clouds… (1976)
- Dialogue XI The Abyss of the Unconscious: Ohio Impromptu (1981)
- Dialogue XII Catastrophe with No Tragedy: Catastrophe (1982)
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 March 2019
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Authors’ Note
- Samuel Beckett (1906–1989): The Last Literary Giant
- Dialogue I Messianism: Pros and Cons: Waiting for Godot (1949)
- Dialogue II The Tyranny of the Emancipated Mind: Endgame (1956)
- Dialogue III The Fiasco of Self-Creation: Krapp's Last Tape (1958)
- Dialogue IV Incorrigible Optimism: Happy Days (1961)
- Dialogue V The Comic Side of Pessimism: Rough for Theatre II (late 1950s)
- Dialogue VI Life as Purgatory: Play (1962)
- Dialogue VII Darkness and Forms of Speech: Not I (1972)
- Dialogue VIII Inventing Oneself: That Time (1974)
- Dialogue IX Life without a Father: Footfalls (1975)
- Dialogue X Creatures of the Night: …but the clouds… (1976)
- Dialogue XI The Abyss of the Unconscious: Ohio Impromptu (1981)
- Dialogue XII Catastrophe with No Tragedy: Catastrophe (1982)
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- Dialogues on BeckettWhatever Happened to God?, pp. i - ivPublisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2019