Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Beckett and the Image -- Chapter 1 A Poetics of the Image: Paris and Dublin 1929-1932 -- Chapter 2 The Politics of the Image: Dub…
This book outlines Beckett's passion for the visual arts as he developed his signature style between the 1930s and 1970s. Samuel Beckett and the Visual Arts is the first book to comprehensively assess Beckett's knowledge of art, art history and art criticism. In his lifetime Be…
"Samuel Beckett and the Visual Arts is the first book to comprehensively assess Beckett's knowledge of art, art history and art criticism. In his lifetime Beckett thought deeply about visual culture from ancient Egyptian statuary to Dutch realism, from Quattrocento painting to t…