When Samuel Beckett's work first appeared it was routinely described by Adorno amongst others
as a clear example of European high culture. However this judgement ignored an aspect of
Beckett's work and its reception that is arguably not yet fully understood the intimate
relation between his work and popular culture. Beckett used popular cultural forms but popular
culture has also found a place both for the work and for the man. This collection of essays
examines how popular cultural forms and media are woven into the fabric of Beckett's works and
how Beckett continues to have far-reaching impact on popular culture today in a host of
different forms in film and on television from comics to meme culture tourism to marketing.
