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Beckett in Popular Culture : Essays on a Postmodern Icon by Beckett, Samuel;Beckett, Samuel Barclay;Murphy, Peter John;Pawliuk, Nick is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"Bold and provocative, Beckett's works and even his image are a potent force in modern society. Shoes, marketing, baby names--all fall under his spell. Exploring Beckett's "art of failure" as a highly successful marketing scheme, this collection of essays finds him incorporated into virtually all aspects of popular culture in a manner that seemingly defies cataloging"--;Saint Samuel Beckett's big toe: incorporating Beckett in popular culture / P.J. Murphy -- Fail better! Samuel Beckett's secrets of business and branding success / Stephen Brown -- The strange case of detective fiction / P.J. Murphy -- Far out worlds: sci-fi and speculative fiction / Nick Pawliuk -- Through a glass, lightly and darkly: depictions on prime time television / P.J. Murphy and Nick Pawliuk -- Screenings for Beckett in modern film: ghostly presences and popular culture manifestations / Cameron Reid -- The graphic novel: another "stain upon the silence" / Nick Pawliuk -- "A mollycoddled little git from foxrock": Beckett in Irish pop music / Cameron Reid -- B is for Beckett: babies and baby naming / Tanya Pawliuk -- In fashion: literary wardrobes and the marketplace / Jennifer Murphy, Tanya Pawliuk, P.J. Mur

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Author

Beckett, Samuel;Beckett, Samuel Barclay;Murphy, Peter John;Pawliuk, Nick

Publisher

North Carolina] : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780786499595

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, Romance