Beckett in Popular Culture

P.J. Murphy teaches modern Irish literature and critical theory at Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia. Nick Pawliuk lectures in the English and Modern Languages department at Thompson Rivers University, specializing in popular culture with a focus on the graphic novel and speculative fiction.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments

Preface

Saint Samuel (à) Beckett’s Big Toe: Incorporating Beckett in Popular Culture (P.J. Murphy)

Fail Better! Samuel Beckett’s Secrets of Business and Branding Success (Stephen Brown)

The Strange Case of Detective Fiction (P.J. Murphy)

Far Out Worlds: ­Sci-Fi and Speculative Fiction (Nick Pawliuk)

Through a Glass, Lightly and Darkly: Depictions on Prime Time Television (P.J. Murphy and Nick Pawliuk)

Screenings for Beckett in Modern Film: Ghostly Presences and Popular Culture Manifestations (Cameron Reid)

The Graphic Novel: Another “Stain upon the Silence”? (Nick Pawliuk)

“a mollycoddled little git from Foxrock”: Beckett in Irish Pop Music (Cameron Reid)

B Is for Beckett: Babies and Baby Naming (Tanya Pawliuk)

In Fashion: Literary Wardrobes and the Marketplace (Jennifer Murphy, Tanya Pawliuk, P.J. Murphy and Nick Pawliuk)

The New Dedalus: Avatars and Identities in Online Social Networks (Mark Rowell Wallin)

Two Quinks for Sam (Alexander M. Forbes)

The Sporting Life (P.J. Murphy)

Beckett as Pop Culture Icon (P.J. Murphy)

Addenda: Beckett Cetera: A Pop Culture Miscellany (P.J. Murphy and Nick Pawliuk)

Bibliography

About the Contributors

Index