""Samuel Beckett: The Comic Gamut"" by Ruby Cohn is a critical analysis of the works of Samuel Beckett, a renowned Irish playwright and novelist. The book explores Beckett's use of humor and comedy in his works, which is often overlooked in traditional literary criticism. Cohn examines how Beckett's use of humor serves as a coping mechanism for the absurdity and meaninglessness of human existence, and how it reflects his overall philosophy of life. The book covers Beckett's entire career, from his early works to his later, ...
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""Samuel Beckett: The Comic Gamut"" by Ruby Cohn is a critical analysis of the works of Samuel Beckett, a renowned Irish playwright and novelist. The book explores Beckett's use of humor and comedy in his works, which is often overlooked in traditional literary criticism. Cohn examines how Beckett's use of humor serves as a coping mechanism for the absurdity and meaninglessness of human existence, and how it reflects his overall philosophy of life. The book covers Beckett's entire career, from his early works to his later, more experimental pieces. It includes in-depth analysis of his plays, novels, and other writings, as well as his use of language, structure, and symbolism. ""Samuel Beckett: The Comic Gamut"" is a valuable resource for anyone interested in Beckett's works, as well as for scholars of modernist and postmodernist literature.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. 340pp. Extremities book & Dj lightly rubbed; owner name ffep.; some neat underlining on a few pages. Endnotes & biblio. Dj in Mylar.
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Acceptable jacket. 1962. A good ex-library hardcover with some usual markings blacked out. Pages are lightly yellowed, but clean. End-pages have slight stains from dust jacket tape. Cover corners are lightly bumped. Dust jacket is smudged, has small piece cut from inside corner, and is covered in mylar. No ISBN. Booksavers receives donated books and recycles them in a variety of ways. Proceeds benefit the work of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in the U.S. and around the world.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 700grams, ISBN: 0813504023.
