The Plays of Harold Pinter

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Wyllie is Senior Lecturer in Drama at the University of the West of England, UK. Catherine Rees is Programme Director for Drama at Loughborough University, UK. Klappentext This Reader's Guide synthesises the key criticism on Pinter's work over the last half century. Andrew Wyllie and Catherine Rees examine critical approaches and reactions to the major plays, charting the controversies which have arisen in response to Pinter's critiques of political and sexual issues. They consider criticism from the press and academics, on the themes of Absurdism, politics and gender identity. By placing this criticism in its historical context, this guide illustrates a transition from bewilderment and outrage to affection, fascination - and more outrage. Zusammenfassung This Reader's Guide synthesises the key criticism on Pinter's work over the last half century. Andrew Wyllie and Catherine Rees examine critical approaches and reactions to the major plays, charting the controversies which have arisen in response to Pinter's critiques of political and sexual issues. They consider criticism from the press and academics, on the themes of Absurdism, politics and gender identity. By placing this criticism in its historical context, this guide illustrates a transition from bewilderment and outrage to affection, fascination - and more outrage. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction  1. Pinter and the Papers  2. Pinter the Absurdist  3. Political Pinter  4. Pinter, Place, and Psychogeography  5. Pinter, Gender and Sexuality  6. Pinter Off-Stage: Radio, TV and Film  Conclusion  Notes  Bibliography  Index.

Product details

• Authors: C. Rees, Catherine Rees, Rees Catherine, Andrew Wyllie, Andrew Rees Wyllie, Wyllie Andrew
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.11.2016
• EAN: 9780230299641
• ISBN: 978-0-230-29964-1
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism; Readers' Guides to Essential C; Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism; Readers' Guides to Essential C; Red Globe Press
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; B, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Modern—20th century, Twentieth-Century Literature, Harold Pinter;play;drama;theatre;literature;performance