Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Beckett's life 6
Chapter 2 Cultural and intellectual contexts 21
Chapter 3 Plays 29
Waiting for Godot 29
Endgame 43
Radio plays：All That Fall and Embers 51
Krapp's Last Tape 58
Happy Days 65
Chapter 4 Prose works 71
More Pricks than Kicks 71
Murphy 74
W 80
The Trilogy：Molloy,Malone Dies,The Unnamable 87
How It Is 108
Chapter 5 Beckett criticism 116
Notes 127
Guide to further reading 132
Index 137