Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett

Charles A. Carpenter is Professor Emeritus at Binghamton University, USA. He has over forty years experience of teaching modern drama and literary bibliography and is an expert on the bibliographies of modern dramatists. His publications include Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism 1966-1980: An International Bibliography (University of Toronto Press, 1986) and Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism 1981-1990: An International Bibliography (University of Libraries Toronto Press, 1997).

• Introduction; Part I: Preliminaries; Essential Writings and Statements by Beckett; Analyzed Collections of Essays; Bibliographic and Reference Works; Textual Studies; Part II: Publications That Focus on Beckett's Drama; General Commentaries; Commentaries on Early, then on Later Theatrical Works; Radio Plays, Television Plays, and "Dramaticules"; Beckett and Other Dramatists; Theatrical Commentaries; Part III: Publications Relevant to But Not Focused on Beckett's Drama; General and Miscellaneous; Primarily Biographical; Beckett's Philosophy, Aesthetics and Criticism; Translation and Bilingualism; The Irish Connection; Part IV: Publications Relevant to Beckett's Drama Through 1973; Commentaries on Individual Dramatic Works; Index.