RINA KIM is Lecturer in Drama at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

• Introduction Severing Connections with Ireland: Women and the Irish Free State in Beckett's Early Fiction Memories and Melancholia: Women and Ireland in Beckett's Early French Fiction The Gendering of Mourning and Melancholia in Beckett's Early Drama Beyond Mourning and Melancholia: Kleinian Approaches The Kleinian Work of Mourning in Beckett's Late Works Conclusion: 'Stirrings Still' Notes Bibliography Index

RINA KIM is Lecturer in Drama at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

• Introduction Severing Connections with Ireland: Women and the Irish Free State in Beckett's Early Fiction Memories and Melancholia: Women and Ireland in Beckett's Early French Fiction The Gendering of Mourning and Melancholia in Beckett's Early Drama Beyond Mourning and Melancholia: Kleinian Approaches The Kleinian Work of Mourning in Beckett's Late Works Conclusion: 'Stirrings Still' Notes Bibliography Index

RINA KIM is Lecturer in Drama at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

• Introduction Severing Connections with Ireland: Women and the Irish Free State in Beckett's Early Fiction Memories and Melancholia: Women and Ireland in Beckett's Early French Fiction The Gendering of Mourning and Melancholia in Beckett's Early Drama Beyond Mourning and Melancholia: Kleinian Approaches The Kleinian Work of Mourning in Beckett's Late Works Conclusion: 'Stirrings Still' Notes Bibliography Index