Samuel Beckett

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The paper presents biographical information about Samuel Beckett, and then discusses some of his major works. According to the paper, Beckett had a profound effect on modern literature, and still influences writers today. Beckett's literary style is considered as well as the common themes that appear in his novels and plays. The author concludes that to truly understand Beckett's works one must understand his life.

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"Samuel Beckett was a literary genius and a master at what he created, but he also made people think about the human condition and the place of people in the people. Not the place of people suh as their social class, but the place of people as in what they really mean to one another ancd to themselves. It was not until Beckett had his epiphany and realized that he must embrace the darkness in himself that he actually started turning out a lot of work that was high quality and worthy of praise. Until that time, Beckett had done precious little that the critics enjoyed and he really did not work that much. After the realization, however, he found that he could write what he felt and what he needed to say without fear of what others were thinking of him, and apparently without fear of what he thought of himself. This was wonderful for Beckett, but equally as important for all of those that read his work and enjoy it, because if this realization had not come to him, he may not have turned out the amount and quality of work that he did in fact create."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Ackerley, C.J., Gontarski, S.E., & Ackerley, Chris. (2004). The grove companion to Samuel Beckett: a reader's guide to his works, life, and thought.
• Beckett, Samuel. (1957). Murphy. Grove Press.
• Beckett, Samuel & Seaver, Richard. (1992). I can't go on, I'll go on: a selection from Samuel Beckett's work. Grove/Atlantic reissue edition.
• Cronin, Anthony. (1999). Samuel Beckett: the last modernist. De Capo Press: reprint edition.
• The Samuel Beckett online resources and links page. (n.d.) http://www.samuel-beckett.net/.

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