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The Beckett Digital Manuscript Project (2011 - )<\/h1>\n

The\u00a0Beckett Digital Manuscript Project<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(BDMP) is an international collaborative initiative which aims to establish genetic electronic editions of Beckett\u2019s manuscripts.<\/p>\n

The project consists of two parts:<\/p>\n

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  1. A digital archive of Samuel Beckett's manuscripts, organised into 26 research modules. Each of these modules comprises digital facsimiles and transcriptions of all the extant manuscripts relating to an individual text or (in the case of shorter works) a group of texts.<\/li>\n
  2. A series of 26 volumes, which will analyse the genesis of texts contained in the corresponding modules.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The project contributes to the study of Beckett's works in the following ways:<\/p>\n