Beckett's Afterlives

Name: Beckett's Afterlives
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781526153791
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Adaptation, Remediation, Appropriation

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Beckett's Afterlives explores the global adaptations of Samuel Beckett's work since his death in 1989. This study examines how Beckett's own genre-crossing creativity is reflected in contemporary adaptations across various media and cultures, including the UK, Europe, the USA, and Latin America. It offers new perspectives on how his legacy continues to inspire artists and audiences in the twenty-first century.
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This book is ideal for scholars and enthusiasts of modern drama, adaptation studies, and those interested in Samuel Beckett's enduring cultural impact.

Beckett's afterlives is the first book-length study dedicated to posthumous adaptations of Beckett's oeuvre. This collection analyses the remarkable diversity of creative engagements across different media and cultural contexts that have ensured the survival and continuing relevance of Beckett's work in a constantly changing world.

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Despite the steady rise in adaptations of Samuel Beckett's work across the world following the author's death in 1989, Beckett's Afterlives is the first book-length study dedicated to this creative phenomenon.

The collection employs interrelated concepts of adaptation, remediation, and appropriation to reflect on Beckett's own evolving approach to crossing genre boundaries. It analyses the ways in which contemporary artists across different media and diverse cultural contexts—including the UK, Europe, the USA, and Latin America—continue to engage with Beckett.

The book offers fresh insights into how his work has kept inspiring both practitioners and audiences in the twenty-first century. It operates through methodologies and approaches that aim to facilitate and establish the study of modern-day adaptations, not just of Beckett but other (multimedia) authors as well.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526153791

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 21 February 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Manchester University Press

Illustration: 7 black & white figures

Contributors:

Edited by Pim Verhulst
Edited by Anna McMullan
Edited by Jonathan Bignell
Edited by Pim Verhulst
Edited by Anna McMullan

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 288

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Jonathan Bignell is Professor of Television and Film at the University of Reading.

Anna McMullan is Professor Emerita in Theatre at the University of Reading.

Pim Verhulst is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oxford and a Teaching Assistant at the University of Antwerp.