prof James KNOWLSON , UNIW READING, UK

"DAMNED TO FAME : THE LIFE OF SAMUEL BECKETT"

(BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING LONDON 1996)

ISBN 0-7475-2719-9

OKŁADKA TWARDA Z OBWOLUTĄ, WYD 1.

STR : 871

JEDYNA AUTORYZOWANA BIOGRAFIA

PISANA PRZEZ OKOŁO 20 LAT

PRZEZ KIEROWNIKA ARCHIWUM "BECKETTOWSKIEGO" PRZY UNIW READING, UK

BOGATO ILUSTR CZ-B FOTOGRAFIAMI,

PRZYPISY,

BIBLIOGRAFIA,

INDEKS

DEDYKACJA NA OKŁADCE W JĘZ ANG

"Od J. , lipiec 1997, na aktorską ścieżkę!"

Z PEWNOŚCIĄ NIE RĘKĄ AUTORA - prof KNOWLSONA - ZUPEŁNIE INNY CHARAKTER PISMA

OD WYDAWCY:

"Beckett's long-standing friend, James KNOWLSON, recreates

Beckett's youth in Ireland, his studies at Trinity College, Dublin in

the early 1920s and from there to the Continent, where he plunged into

the multicultural literary society of late-1920s Paris. The biography

throws new light on Beckett's stormy relationship with his mother, the

psychotherapy he received after the death of his father and his crucial

relationship with James Joyce. There is also material on Beckett's

six-month visit to Germany as the Nazi's tightened their grip.;The book

includes unpublished material on Beckett's personal life after he chose

to live in France, including his own account of his work for a

Resistance cell during the war, his escape from the Gestapo and his

retreat into hiding.;Obsessively private, Beckett was wholly committed

to the work which eventually brought his public fame, beginning with

the controversial success of "Waiting for Godot" in 1953, and

culminating in the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969."

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Contents:

Preface

Abbreviations

1 Images of Childhood 1906–15

2 Schooldays 1915–23

3 The Growth of a Mind 1923–6

4 Academic Success and Love 1927–8

5 The Paris Years 1928–30

6 Academe: Return and Flight 1930–1

7 Dream of Fair to Middling Women 1932–3

8 The London Years 1933–5

9 Murphy 1934–6

10 Germany: The Unknown Diaries 1936–7

11 A Permanent Home 1937–9

12 Exodus, Occupation and Resistance 1940–2

13 Refuge in Roussillon 1942–5

14 Aftermath of War 1945–6

15 ‘A Frenzy of Writing’ 1946–53

16 Godot, Love and Loss 1953–5

17 Impasse and Depression 1956–8

18 Censorship and How It Is 1958–60

19 Secret Wedding and Happy Days 1960–3

20 ‘Theatre theatre theatre’ 1964–7

21 Accident, Illness, and ‘Catastrophe’ 1967–9

22 Vision Restored 1970–4

23 Shades 1975–7

24 Politics and Company 1977–9

25 ‘Fail better’ 1979–82

26 Winter Journey 1983–9

Acknowledgements

Image Section

Bibliography

Notes

List of illustrations