Bing autograph drafts

Dublin Core

Title

Bing autograph drafts

Subject

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Bing.

Description

Notebook Beckett used to draft Bing.
Frustrated by the "intractable complexities" in Le dépeupleur, Beckett laid the text aside in favor of a shorter, simpler prose piece that could be regarded as the "result or miniaturization of Le dépeupleur." Washington University holds the notebook (seen here) and 10 typescripts he used to draft the work, as well as autograph and typescript drafts toward the English translation, Ping.

Creator

Beckett, Samuel

Date

1966

Relation

MSS008 Box 2 Folder 25: Bing, 1966, typescript, 21 pages. 10 items. Box 3 Folder 58: Ping, 1966, autograph and typescript, 10 pages. 3 items.
MSS008 Box 4 Folder 81: Le Dépeupleur (I) 1 item, 60 pages. Folder 82: Le Dépeupleur (II) 1 item, 41 pages
1966-1989 exhibit case
To John Fletcher, 28 December 1968, referring to corrected proofs of Bing he was returning: "I have nothing with me here, but have corrected as best I could, fear in both margins through inadvertence." - The Letters of Samuel Beckett: 1966-1989, note on p. 138

Format

notebook
jpeg; 300 ppi

Language

French

Type

Manuscript

Identifier

MSS008_III_Bing_00a.jpg; MSS008_III_Bing_01.jpg; MSS008_III_Bing_02.jpg; MSS008_III_Bing_03.jpg; MSS008_III_Bing_05.jpg

Extent

31 pages
5 scans

Files

MSS008_III_Bing_00a.jpg
MSS008_III_Bing_01.jpg
MSS008_III_Bing_02.jpg
MSS008_III_Bing_03.jpg
MSS008_III_Bing_05.jpg

Citation

Beckett, Samuel, “Bingautograph drafts,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed April 24, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/14894.