Introduction, by M. J. Friedman.

The elusive ego: Beckett's M's, by F. J. Hoffman.

Robbe-Grillet as a critic of Samuel Beckett, by B. Morrissette.

The strange world of Beckett's "grands articulés," by G. Brée.

Black humor: the pockets of Lemuel Gulliver and Samuel Beckett, by E. Kern.

Beckettian paradox: who is telling the truth? By R. Federman.

Adventures of the first person, by R. Champigny.

Molloy or the quest for meaninglessness: a global interpretation, by D. Hayman.

Interpreting Molloy, by J. Fletcher.

A poet's initiation, by L. E. Harvey.

The laughter of sad Samuel Beckett, by R. Cohn.

Beckett's metaphysics of choiceless awareness, by R. Lamont.

Samuel Beckett: a checklist of criticism, by J. R. Bryer (p. 219-259)