This B. A. Thesis analyses the historical and autobiographical context of Samuel Beckett’s first published novel: Murphy (1938). A direct relationship is established between London’s Bethlem Royal Hospital and the mental health issues Beckett was experiencing at the time he wrote Murphy, and the mental hospital portrayed in the novel and the characters that people it. Beckett’s own testmonies and those of his acquaintances will be used in conjunction with different biographical and historical sources.
Este trabajo analiza el contexto autobiográfico e histórico de la primera novela publicada de Samuel Beckett: Murphy (1938). Se establece una relación directa entre el Bethlem Royal Hospital de Londres y los problemas mentales de Beckett mientras escribía Murphy, y el hospital mental representado en la novela y los personajes que lo habitan. Para ello se usarán los propios testimonios de Beckett y sus conocidos, junto con distintas fuentes biográficas e históricas.
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