Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts Samuel Beckett

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts

Author: Samuel Beckett
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Book Title
Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
Author
Samuel Beckett
ISBN
9780802144423
From an inauspicious beginning at the tiny Left Bank Theatre de Babylone in 1953, followed by bewilderment among American and British audiences, Waiting for Godot has become of the most important and enigmatic plays of the past fifty years and a cornerstone of twentieth-century drama. As Clive Barnes wrote, "Time catches up with genius ... Waiting for Godot is one of the masterpieces of the century." The story revolves around two seemingly homeless men waiting for someone--or something--named Godot. Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree, inhabiting a drama spun of their own consciousness. The result is a comical wordplay of poetry, dreamscapes, and nonsense, which has been interpreted as mankind's inexhaustible search for meaning. Beckett's language pioneered an expressionistic minimalism that captured the existential post-World War II Europe. His play remains one of the most magical and beautiful allegories of our time.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Samuel BeckettPublisher: Grove PressPublished: 05/17/2011ISBN: 9780802144423Pages: 85Weight: 0.24lbsSize: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.30dAccelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 43313 / Waiting for GodotReading Level: 5.4 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 2
From an inauspicious beginning at the tiny Left Bank Theatre de Babylone in 1953, followed by bewilderment among American and British audiences, Waiting for Godot has become of the most important and enigmatic plays of the past fifty years and a cornerstone of twentieth-century drama. As Clive Barnes wrote, "Time catches up with genius ... Waiting for Godot is one of the masterpieces of the century."

The story revolves around two seemingly homeless men waiting for someone--or something--named Godot. Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree, inhabiting a drama spun of their own consciousness. The result is a comical wordplay of poetry, dreamscapes, and nonsense, which has been interpreted as mankind's inexhaustible search for meaning. Beckett's language pioneered an expressionistic minimalism that captured the existential post-World War II Europe. His play remains one of the most magical and beautiful allegories of our time.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 05/17/2011
ISBN: 9780802144423
Pages: 85
Weight: 0.24lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.30d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 43313 / Waiting for Godot
Reading Level: 5.4 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 2
From an inauspicious beginning at the tiny Left Bank Theatre de Babylone in 1953, followed by bewilderment among American and British audiences, Waiting for Godot has become of the most important and enigmatic plays of the past fifty years and a cornerstone of twentieth-century drama. As Clive Barnes wrote, "Time catches up with genius ... Waiting for Godot is one of the masterpieces of the century."

The story revolves around two seemingly homeless men waiting for someone--or something--named Godot. Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree, inhabiting a drama spun of their own consciousness. The result is a comical wordplay of poetry, dreamscapes, and nonsense, which has been interpreted as mankind's inexhaustible search for meaning. Beckett's language pioneered an expressionistic minimalism that captured the existential post-World War II Europe. His play remains one of the most magical and beautiful allegories of our time.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 05/17/2011
ISBN: 9780802144423
Pages: 85
Weight: 0.24lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.30d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 43313 / Waiting for Godot
Reading Level: 5.4 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 2