The Pinter ethic : the erotic aesthetic /

The only comprehensive guide to the plays of one of the world's greatest yet most puzzling contemporary dramatists.

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Main Author: Prentice, Penelope
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Garland, 2000
Series:Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol. 2237.
Garland reference library of the humanities. Studies in modern drama ; v. 3.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Pinter Ethic: Overview
  • Harold Pinter: Biography
  • Introduction: Pinter's Achievement
  • Form and Innovation
  • Dumb Waiter: Toward A Definition of the Pinter Ethic
  • Paradigmatic Dramatization of Conflict
  • Birthday Party: Choice, Action and Responsibility
  • The Pinter Ethic Defined
  • Room and The Revue Sketches: The Ethic in the Early Work
  • Dominance and Destruction
  • Slight Ache as Fulcrum: Leveling Dominant and Subservient Roles
  • The Triumph of Vitality And Truth
  • Night Out: Vitality Vitiated
  • Hothouse: Madness and Violence
  • Caretaker: Dominance and Subservience Equated
  • The Human Connection
  • Night School: Possible Justice Without Love
  • Dwarfs: Dominance as Betrayal
  • Servant: Paradigmatic Powerplays
  • Collection and The Lover: Identity Gained by Deliberate Pretense
  • Pumpkin Eater: Married Love and Justice
  • Homecoming: Dominance, Choice and the Ethic Revised
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