Samuel Beckett’s Legacies in American Fiction

Problems in Postmodernism

By:

James Baxter

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Paperback / softback

Series:

New Interpretations of Beckett in the Twenty-First Century

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Samuel Beckett’s Legacies in American Fiction provides an overdue investigation into Beckett’s rich influences over American writing. Through in-depth readings of postmodern authors such as Robert Coover, Donald Barthelme, Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, Paul Auster and Lydia Davis, this book situates Beckett’s post-war writing of exhaustion and generation in relation to the emergence of an explosive American avant-garde. In turn, this study provides a valuable insight into the practical realities of Beckett’s dissemination in America, following the author’s long-standing relationship with the countercultural magazine Evergreen Review and its dramatic role in redrawing the possibilities of American culture in the 1960s. While Beckett would be largely removed from his American context, this book follows his vigorous, albeit sometimes awkward, reception alongside the authors and institutions central to shaping his legacies in 20th and 21st centuryAmerica.

Author Biography:

Dr James Baxter was awarded his PhD at the University of Reading in 2018, where he specialized in Beckett’s legacy on Postmodern American Literature. James has published articles in high-profile journals such as Textual Practice, and continues to contribute essays and reviews on popular film and music for a variety of outlets. Forthcoming projects include a study concerning the prevalence of populist poetics in American periodical culture in the 60s and 70s.

Release date Australia

December 2nd, 2022

Author

James Baxter

Series

New Interpretations of Beckett in the Twenty-First Century

Pages

262

Edition

1st ed. 2021

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

2 Illustrations, color; 3 Illustrations, black and white; IX, 262 p. 5 illus., 2 illus. in color.

ISBN-13

9783030815745

Product ID

36080306

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