title: The Grove Companion to Samuel Beckett: A Reader's Guide to His Works, Life, and Thought
author: C. J. Ackerly
description: S. E. Gontarski is a Sarah Herndon Professor of English at Florida State University.
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  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Cover](html/Cover.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Front Matter](html/484793_1_En_BookFrontmatter_OnlinePDF.xhtml)
  
  
  * [1\. Introduction to Beckett’s “Absurdist” Excess](html/484793_1_En_1_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Part I. Contagion and Accessibility: Revolutionary Beckett](html/Part_1.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [2\. Repetition, Deliberation, and an Other Power: The Paradox as Practice](html/484793_1_En_2_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [3\. The Liberating Laughter of “Nearly There”: Beckett’s Solidarity-Building Dramas](html/484793_1_En_3_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [4\. Under-the-Radar Derision and Anger: Becoming Revolutionary in/ through Beckett’s Fiction](html/484793_1_En_4_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Part II. Script Evaluation and Enrichment: Evolutionary Beckett](html/Part_2.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [5\. Beckett’s “Script Multiplication and Enrichment”: Rejecting Toxic Disjunctions and Seeking Inclusivity](html/484793_1_En_5_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [6\. Evaluation, Expulsion, Expansion, and Reframing: Building Processing Speed and Tole