S. E. Gontarski
Encyclopedia
Stan E. Gontarski specializes in twentieth-century Irish Studies, in British, U.S., and European Modernism, and in performance theory, and is a leading scholar of the work of Samuel Beckett
. He is presently Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English at Florida State University
and edits the Journal of Beckett Studies
.
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet. He wrote both in English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour.Beckett is widely regarded as among the most...
. He is presently Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English at Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
and edits the Journal of Beckett Studies
Journal of Beckett Studies
The Journal of Beckett Studies publishes academic articles relating to the work of Samuel Beckett, , the Irish poet, dramatist and playwright. Published twice yearly by Edinburgh University Press in April and September, it was established in 1976, under the editorship of John Pilling and James...
.
As editor
- Beckett after Beckett (ed. with Anthony Uhlmann), University Press of Florida, 2006.
- The Faber Companion to Samuel Beckett: A Reader's Guide to His Life, Works, and Thought (with C. J. Ackerly), Faber and Faber, 2006.
- The Grove Companion to Samuel Beckett: A Reader's Guide to His Life, Works, and Thought (with C. J. Ackerley), Grove Press, 2004.
- Beckett in Scena: Interpretazioni Memorabili nel Mondo (Drammaturgia 9), a cura di S. E. Gontarski e Annamaria Cascetta (Roma: Salerno Editrice, 2002).
- The Grove Press Reader, 1951-2001, Grove Press, 2001. [Interview with Grove Press author Hubert Selby, Jr., full text.]
- Modernism, Censorship and the Politics of Publishing, Hanes Foundation, Rare Book Collection, University Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000.
- The Theatrical Notebooks of Samuel Beckett, Volume IV: The Shorter Plays, Grove Press (U. S.) and Faber and Faber (UK) 1999.
- Samuel Beckett: The Complete Short Prose, 1928-1989The Complete Short Prose 1929-1989 (Beckett)The Complete Short Prose 1929-1989 is a collection which includes all of Samuel Beckett's works written in prose, with the exception of his novels, novellas, and More Pricks Than Kicks which is considered "as much a novel as a collection of stories". The book was edited by S. E. Gontarski and...
, Grove Press, 1995. [The Readers' Subscription featured selection, 1996-7; and New York Times Book Review "New and Noteworthy Paperbacks"]. - The Beckett Studies Reader, University Presses of Florida, 1993.
- The Theatrical Notebooks of Samuel Beckett, Volume II: Endgame, Grove Press (U. S.) and Faber and Faber (UK) 1993. ["Notable Books of the Year: 1993," New York Times Book Review]
- On Beckett: Essays and Criticism, Grove Press, 1986.
- The Intent of Undoing in Samuel Beckett's Dramatic Texts, Indiana UP, 1985.
- Samuel Beckett: Humanistic Perspectives, Ohio State University Press, 1983. [Finalist for the 1983 Barnard Hewitt Award for outstanding research in theater history.]
- Beckett's "Happy Days": A Manuscript Study, Ohio State University Library Press, 1977.