Samuel Beckett's German Diaries 1936-1937

Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations, Editions Cited and Notes on the Text List of Figures Introduction 1. Beckett's Journey to Germany 1936-1937 2. The German Diaries 3. Psychoanalysis, Quietism and the Literary Waste 4. Beckett reading German Literature 5. Beckett, Nazi Culture and Contemporary German Fiction 6. Playing the Scales of Literature: Beckett's 'Notesnatching' 7. Beckett's 'Journal of a Melancholic' and Other Writing 8. Talking Pictures: Beckett and the Visual Arts 9. Clarifiers and Obscurantists Conclusion: The threshold of words Bibliography Appendix A: Beckett's travel itinerary Appendix B: Illustrations Index.