New Cambridge Elements: Beckett and Leopardi by Peter Boxall and Peter Nicholls

The latest in the Cambridge Elements in Beckett Studies series has just been announced. Beckett and Leopardi is co-authored by Peter Boxall and Peter Nicholls aims to read Beckett in conjunction with Italian author Giacomo Leopardi arguing ‘that the dialogue between them might offer new ways of thinking about the nature of both writers’ pessimism’. Boxall and…

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Book Launch: Ruby Cohn’s Glancing at Dramatists’ Dialogue: From Shakespeare to Suzan-Lori Parks

A fascinating new publication from Methuen which will be of interest to all Beckettians is to be launched later this month. The final book from late and hugely respected scholar Ruby Cohn, this volume is co-edited by current renowned Beckett scholars Daniela Caselli and Hannah Simpson. Titled Glancing at Dramatists’ Dialogue: From Shakespeare to Suzan-Lori…

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Beckettiana: Latest edition now live.

The latest edition of Beckettiana, the Spanish language publication devoted to the author’s work and edited in Buenos Aires, is now available to download. Volume 21, co-edited by Lucas Margarit, María Inés Castagnino and Marcelo Lara, contains an impressive collection of artciles and reviews from a varied list of scholars including Patrick Bixby, Everett Frost, Manuel…

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New Publication: Beckett and Nature

Announced this week is a new publication from the Bloomsbury imprint. Taking its cue from contemporary developments in Beckett scholarship Beckett and Nature, we are told is ‘focused on ecocriticism, posthumanism, and the Anthropocene, going beyond them into a questioning of the very concepts of “Nature” and “the natural.” It examines one of the most…

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New Publication & Launch: Not Beckett, The Plays

Bloomsbury have just announced the publication of Not Beckett: The Plays, collecting the five pieces which constituted the extraordinary project that ran for the past two years. Encompassing performances in six different locations across the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States, Not Beckett had as its stated aim ‘to further explore the artistic influence…

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