Notes Diverse Holo[graph], is a special issue of Samuel Beckett Today/aujourdâhui containing catalogues of the Beckett manuscripts at Trinity College Dublin, accompanied by manuscript studies by noted Beckett specialists. It includes: - An annotated catalogue of Beckett's extensive reading notes during and following his student years at Trinity College Dublin, compiled by Everett Frost and Jane Maxwell, with introductory remarks by Everett Frost. It provides new material for Beckett's studies of philosophy, psychology, and literature, including Geulincx, Dante, Mauthner, and Goethe; - A catalogue by Jane Maxwell listing all the remaining Beckett manuscript holdings at Trinity College Dublin, including drafts of works in progress and the correspondence with Thomas McGreevy and Barbara Bray; - Manuscript studies by John Pilling, Daniela Caselli, Lois Overbeck, and others.
Matthijs ENGELBERTS and Everett FROST: Essays
1. John PILLING :âFor Interpolationâ: Beckett and English Literature
2. Daniela CASELLI: The Promise of Dante in the Beckett Manuscripts
3. Mark NIXON : âScraps of Germanâ: Samuel Beckett reading German Literature
4. Dirk Van HULLE: Samuel Beckettâs Faust Notes
5. Frederik N. SMITH: Watt, Watson, and Sherlock Holmes: Watt as Detective Fiction
6. Chris ACKERLEY: An âOther Object of Noteâ: Circle and Point in Samuel Beckettâs Watt
7. Anna MCMULLAN: Samuel Beckettâs âJ.M. Mimeâ: Generic Mutations of a Dramatic Fragment
8. Lois More OVERBECK and Martha Dow FEHSENFELD: In Defense of the Integral Text
9. Matthew FELDMAN: Beckett and Popper, or, âWhat Stink of Artificeâ: Some Notes on Methodology, Falsifiability, and Criticism in Beckett Studies