Palgrave Advances in Samuel Beckett Studies explores the evolution of critical approaches to Beckett's writing. It will appeal to graduate students (and advance

This collection explains developments within Beckett studies and why he has emerged as one of the most iconic writers of the twentieth century. It also proposes

A volume of essays to provide compelling evidence of the continuing relevance of Ireland to Beckett's writing.

This is the most complete chronological account of Samuel Beckett's life and work, with full details of how, when and where each work by him came to be written,

John Bolin challenges the notion that Beckett's fiction is best understood through philosophical or Anglo-Irish literary contexts.