James Knowlson

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 500 citations indexed

About

James Knowlson is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Philosophy and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, James Knowlson has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 500 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 19 papers in Philosophy and 6 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in James Knowlson's work include Samuel Beckett and Modernism (21 papers), Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (18 papers) and Kierkegaardian Philosophy and Influence (11 papers). James Knowlson is often cited by papers focused on Samuel Beckett and Modernism (21 papers), Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (18 papers) and Kierkegaardian Philosophy and Influence (11 papers). James Knowlson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. James Knowlson's co-authors include William Hutchings, Catherine Kord, Martha Fehsenfeld, John Pilling, Samuel Beckett, John Earl Haynes, Ruby Cohn, John Fletcher, H. Porter Abbott and Daniel Albright and has published in prestigious journals such as World Literature Today, Eighteenth-Century Studies and The Antioch Review.

In The Last Decade

James Knowlson

18 papers receiving 222 citations

Hit Papers

Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 50 100 150 200

Peers

James Knowlson
Comparison fields: 5 of 47
  • Literature and Literary Theory 365
  • Philosophy 310
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts 135
  • Sociology and Political Science 42
  • Language and Linguistics 35
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All Works

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Beckett remembering, remembering Beckett : uncollected interviews with Samuel Beckett and memories of those who knew him
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4 1
5 8
6 6
7 0
8 76
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Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett breakdown →
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Krapp's last tape : with a revised text
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11 0
12 2
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Happy days: The production notebook of Samuel Beckett
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Samuel Beckett, Krapp's last tape : a theatre workbook
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Happy days = Oh les beaux jours
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16 44
17 57
18 1
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Light and darkness in the theatre of Samuel Beckett : text of a public lecture delivered at Trinity College, Dublin, on February 7th, 1972
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Samuel Beckett : an exhibition held at Reading University Library, May to July 1971
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