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includes unpublished material on Beckett's personal life after he chose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