Alternative Compagnie: Textual Variants in Beckett's Compagnie/Company. Issue 1 (April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nugent-Folan, Georgina
• Is Part Of: Journal of Beckett studies. Volume 24:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 87
• Page End: 103
• Publication Date: 2015-04
• Subjects: Company -- Compagnie -- Nohow On -- epigenesis -- textual variants; English literature -- Periodicals; French literature -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 848.91409
• DOI: 10.3366/jobs.2015.0122
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0309-5207

Abstract

Abstract : In this essay I compare points of textual difference in the Calder, Grove, and Minuit editions of Samuel Beckett's Company/Compagnie and the Calder 'Company' of Nohow On, paying particular attention to post-publication word form variants. I attempt to differentiate points of divergence deliberately introduced into the texts by the author from errors introduced during the publication process and perpetuated throughout the different edition of these texts. I discuss six variants in detail and include an appendix with an additional eight variants.