Textual Variants in Samuel Beckett's Compagnie/Company

What is it about?

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.

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