Making of Samuel Beckett's Not I / Pas moi, That Time / Cette fois and Footfalls / Pas

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

AvJames Little,Mark Nixon,Dirk Van Hulle

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This volume of the BDMP series charts the genesis of three iconic Beckett plays: Not I (1973), That Time (1976) and Footfalls (1976), all translated into French by their author. Including analyses of abandoned archival precursors – the ‘Kilcool’ drafts (1963) and the ‘Petit Odéon’ Fragments (1967–1968) – the book covers a crucial period in Beckett’s playwriting career, during which his long-held ambition to stage a mouth babbling in the dark became a catalyst for some of his most innovative work. This volume provides a comprehensive guide to the history of the three plays, tracking their development from compositional manuscripts through to publication and performance. The book contends that these plays should be seen as stagings of the subject–object breakdown explored in Beckett’s early writing. Drawing on the notes he took on psychology and psychoanalysis in 1934–1935, it examines the many psychological and psychoanalytic concepts that are used in the author’s later stagings of the mind. The plays are analysed through the lens of enactive cognition: not as representations of particular psychological conditions, but as pieces which encourage active interpretation on the part of their audiences. By staging minds in states of breakdown that resist diagnosis, Not I / Pas moi, That Time / Cette fois and Footfalls / Pas enact the subject–object breakdown that is such a key part of Beckett’s aesthetics.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-07-13
Mått168 x 214 x 34 mm
Vikt780 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieBeckett Manuscript Project
Antal sidor520
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350269057

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Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Note on the TranscriptionsList of Illustrations Introduction: Beckett’s BreakdownsPART IThe Making of Not I / Pas moi1 Documents1.1 Autograph Manuscripts1.1.1 English1.1.2 French1.2 Typescripts1.2.1 English1.2.2 French1.3 Setting Copies, Galleys and Annotated Copies1.3.1 English1.4 Pre-book Publications1.4.1 French1.5 Editions1.5.1 English (UK)1.5.2 English (US)1.5.3 French1.5.4 Multilingual1.6 Playscripts and Production Notes1.6.1 English1.7 Genetic Map2 The Genesis of Not I / Pas moi 2.1 Before Not I / Pas moi 2.1.1 ‘Kilcool’2.1.2‘ Petit Odéon’ Fragments2.2 The Genesis of Not I 2.2.1 Chronology 2.2.2 Genesis 2.3 The Genesis of Pas moi2.3.1 Chronology 2.3.2 Genesis PART IIThe Making of That Time / Cette fois3 Documents3.1 Autograph Manuscripts 3.1.1 English3.1.2 French3.2 Typescripts3.2.1 English3.2.2 French3.3 Setting Copies and Galleys3.3.1 English3.3.2 French3.4 Editions3.4.1 English (UK)3.4.2 English (US)3.4.3 French3.4.4 Multilingual3.5 Playscripts and Production Notes3.5.1 English3.5.2 Multilingual3.6 Genetic Map4 The Genesis of That Time / Cette fois4.1 The Genesis of That Time 4.1.1 Chronology 4.1.2 Genesis 4.2 The Genesis of Cette fois4.2.1 Chronology4.2.2 Genesis PART IIIThe Making of Footfalls / Pas5 Documents5.1 Autograph Manuscripts5.1.1 English5.2 Typescripts5.2.1 English 5.2.2 French5.3 Setting Copies, Galleys and Page Proofs5.3.1 English5.3.2 French5.4 Pre-book Publications5.4.1 French5.5 Editions5.5.1 English (UK) 5.5.2 English (US)5.5.3 French5.5.4 Multilingual5.6 Playscripts, Production notes and Annotated Copies5.6.1 English5.6.2 Multilingual5.7 Genetic Map6 The Genesis of Footfalls / Pas6.1 The Genesis of Footfalls 6.1.1 Chronology6.1.2 Genesis6.2 The Genesis of Pas6.2.1 Chronology 6.2.2 GenesisConclusion: Beckett’s ‘dark matter’Works CitedIndex