Beckett's Political Imagination by Morin, Emilie -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Coverpage Half title Title page Imprints page Dedication Contents Acknowledgements Notes and Abbreviations Introduction

Politics and the Making of Beckettian Myths Petitions and Political Action

Chapter 1 False Starts

Chapter 2 Another War Entirely

Beckett's Parallel Career Beckett, Nancy Cunard and the Internationalist Left The Negro Anthology in the Making The Negro Anthology Translations Taking Sides: The Spanish Civil War and the New Idioms of Republicanism Beckett, Surrealist Circles and Cultures of Translation Translating Surrealism UNESCO and the Cultural Politics of Translation Translating the Anthology of Mexican Poetry

Chapter 3 Aftermaths

The ‘Siege in the Room’ States of Transition Remembering the War Aftermaths and Returns: Paris, Dublin, Saint-Lô Inquests and Investigations: Beckett and the Aftermaths of the Vichy Regime French Cultural Politics and the Idea of Testimony

Chapter 4 Turning Points

Beckett, the Algerian War and Political Writing Torture, Testimony and Euphemism The Editions de Minuit at War Beckett's Algerian War Chronicles Beckett and the Politics of Parisian Petitions Torture, Political Scandals and Beckett's Rough Sketches Beckett and the Political Economy of Torture

Conclusion

World Politics and the End of the Cold War Political Worlds

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