Readings on Waiting for Godot / Laura Marvel, book editor ; Bonnie Szumski, series editor.

Contributor Marvel, Laura.

Imprint:San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c2001.

Description192 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:The characters form a portrait of the human conditions / Deborah B. Gaensbauer. - The dual roles of Didi and Gogo / June Schlueter. - The plot reveals the illusory nature of man's attempt to create meaning / Eugene Webb. - The tragic Pozzo/Lucky subplot / Bert O. States. - The ambiguous figure of Godot / Alan Astro. - The unresolved balance between hope and despair / Dan O. Via Jr. - Active waiting / Andrew K. Kennedy. - The ironic function of storytelling / Kristin Morrison. - The net is the central metaphor in the play / John J. Sheedy. - Figurative language focuses attention on poetic space, not dramatic action / Thomas Cousineau. - Godot's relationship to music-hall acts / Fred Miller Robinson. - Black comedy at its blackest / Ramona Cormier and Janis L. Pallister. - Waiting for Godot eludes existing systems of interpretation / Charles R. Lyons. - Beckett asks his audience to examine the play as text / Michael Worton.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186) and index.

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