Dirk van Hulle

The Making of Samuel Beckett's 'Krapp's Last Tape'/'la Derniere Bande'

Herausgeber: Hulle, Dirk Van; Nixon, Mark

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First performed at the Royal Court Theatre in 1958, Krapp's Last Tape has since become widely celebrated as one of Samuel Beckett's most important and powerful plays. The Making of Samuel Beckett's 'La dernière bande'/'Krapp's Last Tape' is a comprehensive reference guide to the history of the text. The book includes: - A complete descriptive catalogue of available relevant manuscripts, including French and English texts, alternative drafts and notebook pages - A critical reconstruction of the history of the history of the text, from its genesis through the process of composition to its full publication history - A detailed guide to exploring the manuscripts online at the Beckett Digital Manuscripts Project at www.beckettarchive.org This volume is part of the Beckett Digital Manuscript Project (BDMP), a collaboration between the Centre for Manuscript Genetics (University of Antwerp, Belgium), the Beckett International Foundation (University of Reading, UK) and the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Centre (University of Texas at Austin, USA), with the support of the Estate of Samuel Beckett.

Produktdetails

• The Beckett Manuscript Project
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 168mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 428g
• ISBN-13: 9781472534231
• ISBN-10: 1472534239
• Artikelnr.: 39717786

Autorenporträt

Dirk Van Hulle is Professor of English Literature at the Centre for Manuscript Genetics, University of Antwerp, Belgium. He is President of the European Society for Textual Scholarship and his previous books include Textual Awareness (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

Series Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Note on the
Transcriptions List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Documents 1.1
Autograph Manuscripts 1.1.1 French 1.1.2 English 1.2 Typescripts 1.2.1
French 1.2.2 English 1.3 Pre-Book Publications 1.3.1 French 1.3.2 English
1.4 Editions 1.4.1 French 1.4.2 English (US) 1.4.3 English (Paris) 1.4.4
English (UK) 1.5 Genetic Map 2. Genesis of La dernière bande 2.1 Before La
dernière bande 2.2 Writing La dernière bande 3. Genesis of Krapp's Last
Tape 3.1 Translating La dernière bande 3.2 Translation as 'unwording' 3.3
Other patterns of revision Conclusion Bibliography