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Samuel Beckett's library / Dirk Van Hulle, Mark Nixon.

Title
Samuel Beckett's library / Dirk Van Hulle, Mark Nixon.
Author
Hulle, Dirk van
Publication
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Additional Authors
Nixon, Mark
Description
xvii, 311 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
'Beckett's Library' critically examines the reading notes and marginalia contained in the books of Samuel Beckett's surviving library in Paris. Previously inaccessible to scholars, this study assess the importance of the marginalia, inscriptions and other manuscript notes in the 750 volumes of the library.
Subject
  • Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 > Knowledge and learning
  • Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 > Library
  • Beckett, Samuel 1906-1989
  • 1900-1999
  • Authors, Irish > 20th century > Books and reading
  • Authors, French > 20th century > Books and reading
  • Bibliothek
  • Randbemerkung
Genre/Form
  • inscriptions.
  • marginalia (annotations)
  • notes (documents)
Bibliography (note)
  • "Appendix: A catalogue of books in Beckett's library": p. 261-287.
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-302) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Reading traces: Beckett as a reader -- Literature in English -- Literature in French -- Literature in German -- Literature in Italian -- Classics and other literatures -- Philosophy -- Religion -- Dictionaries and reference works -- Science -- Music and art.
ISBN
  • 9781107001268
  • 1107001269
LCCN
^^2012034485
OCLC
  • 809845117
  • SCSB-11298780
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library