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What do Bono, Seinfeld and Apple have in common? Nothing. However, it's the nothing of Samuel Beckett, which is something. 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.
This collection of new essays (one exception) finds him incorporated into virtually all aspects
of popular culture--television, popular fiction, movies, tattoos, even sports--in a manner that seems to defy classifying. Is it image-making or image-taking? Why is our culture so obsessed with an obscure Irish writer most people have not read? Each essay provides a unique appraisal of Beckett's branding.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Saint Samuel (à) 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. Murphy and Nick Pawliuk)
The New Dedalus: Avatars and Identities in Online Social Networks (Mark Rowell Wallin)
Two Quinks for Sam (Alexander M. Forbes)
The Sporting Life (P.J. Murphy)
Beckett as Pop Culture Icon (P.J. Murphy)
Addenda: Beckett Cetera: A Pop Culture Miscellany (P.J. Murphy and Nick Pawliuk)
Bibliography
About the Contributors
Index
