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Seeks to defend the role of the public critic. This book argues against claims that all artistic value is simply relative and subjective. It considers why high-profile, public critics, such as William Empson, F R Leavis or Lionel Trilling, become much rarer in the later twentieth century.

This is an eloquent and accessible introduction to one of the most important writers of the twentieth century, explaining how we might interpret famously difficult and experimental works such as Waiting for Godot, Endgame, and Happy Days and providing an invaluable overview of Beckett and his time.