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| Named Person: | Harold Pinter; Harold Pinter; Harold Pinter; Harold Pinter; Harold Pinter |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Penelope Prentice |
| ISBN: | 0815339097 9780815339090 0815338864 9780815338864 |
| OCLC Number: | 45245639 |
| Notes: | Originally published: 1994. |
| Description: | cxvi, 452 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | The Pinter Ethic: Overview -- Harold Pinter: Biography -- Introduction: Pinter's Achievement - Form and Innovation -- The Dumb Waiter: Toward A Definition of the Pinter Ethic - Paradigmatic Dramatization of Conflict -- The Birthday Party: Choice, Action and Responsibility - The Pinter Ethic Defined -- The Room and The Revue Sketches: The Ethic in the Early Work - Dominance and Destruction -- A Slight Ache as Fulcrum: Leveling Dominant and Subservient Roles - The Triumph of Vitality And Truth -- A Night Out: Vitality Vitiated -- The Hothouse: Madness and Violence -- The Caretaker: Dominance and Subservience Equated - The Human Connection -- Night School: Possible Justice Without Love -- The Dwarfs: Dominance as Betrayal -- The Servant: Paradigmatic Powerplays -- The Collection and The Lover: Identity Gained by Deliberate Pretense -- The Pumpkin Eater: Married Love and Justice -- The Homecoming: Dominance, Choice and the Ethic Revised -- The Quiller Memorandum: Torture without Threat |
| Series Title: | Garland reference library of the humanities, v. 2237.; Garland reference library of the humanities., Studies in modern drama ;, v. 3. |
| Responsibility: | Penelope Prentice. |
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"Penelope Prentice has written a penetrating vision of the Pinter mythos and entered the very human skin of the characters and plays of a profound body of work by one of the most important playwrights of our time."<br>-Lawrence Sacharow, OBIE Award Winner <br>"A refreshing approach to Pinter's technique."<br>-Ann C. Hall, Ph.D., President of the Harold Pinter Society, Ohio Dominican College <br>"Penelope prentice sees Pinter clearly and she sees him whole. Her book is an important contribution to Pinter studies."<br>-Michael Billington <br>"distinctive for its comprehensive attention to Pinter's work and its compelling argument for seeing in Pinter a positive vision of love and justice."<br>-"Choice <br>"an important book [that] is likely to remain so for years...sets a standard of excellence against which all of the others will be measured."<br>-"Cithara <br> Read more...

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- Love in literature.
- Sex in literature.
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