The Unnamable typescript
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Title
The Unnamable typescript
Subject
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. The Unnamable.
Description
Original, corrected typescript of Beckett's translation of his 1953 novel, L'Innomable, third in the trilogy, for Grove Press, published in 1959.
Creator
Beckett, Samuel
Source
MSS008, Box 4 Folder 70
Date
circa 1956
Relation
PR6003 E283 M27 1953: "Mahood" in Nouvelle nouvelle revue française
1941-1956 exhibit case
To Cyril Lucas, 4 January 1956: "My original intention was to find a translator for all my books written in French, as I was very loath to take on the job myself. Patrick Bowles made quite a good fist at Molloy, but the revision of his text gave me so much trouble that I felt it would be simpler to do the following translations myself. I finished Malone Meurt some months ago and it will be published shortly by the Grove Press, New York. I am now faced with L'Innommable. I feel here again that the simplest thing is for me to translate it myself, though i do not intend to take it on for the moment. I am by no means a good translator, and my English is rusty, but I simply happen to be able still to write the queer kind of English that my queer French deserves." -The Letters of Samuel Beckett: 1941-1956, pp. 391-392
Format
corrected typescript
jpeg; 300 ppi
Language
English
Type
Manuscript
Identifier
MSS008_03_71_000r.jpg; MSS008_03_71_001.jpg; MSS008_03_71_002.jpg; MSS008_03_71_003.jpg; MSS008_03_71_004.jpg; MSS008_03_71_005.jpg; MSS008_03_71_006.jpg; MSS008_03_71_007.jpg
Extent
144 leaves
8 scans
Citation
Beckett, Samuel, “The Unnamable typescript,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed May 5, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/14867.
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