In the Beginning Was the Pun: Il Comico nel Teatro di Samuel Beckett

This is a book on a still undiscovered Beckett: the theatre-maker who is making use of several forms for comedy. With text-analysis taken from the whole Beckett’s production and the most important staging of plays, the volume aims at disclosing Beckett’s attitude to humour and his specific knowledge about it. Huge bibliography on the author.