Farah Ali

Eroding the Language of Freedom

Identity Predicament in Selected Works of Harold Pinter

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Produktbeschreibung

Eroding the Language of Freedom re-examines how identity is shaped in Harold Pinter's plays, arguing that the characters' failure to function as active members of society speaks volumes to his ideological preoccupation with society's own inadequacies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780367735739
• ISBN-10: 0367735733
• Artikelnr.: 69892020

Autorenporträt

Farah Ali is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Leeds.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Question of Identity in Harold Pinter's Drama
Chapter One: Strong Arm Her: Gendered Identity in Harold Pinter's A Kind of
Alaska (1982)
Chapter Two: The Indelible Memory: Memorial Identity in Harold Pinter's
Ashes to Ashes (1996)
Chapter Three: Eroded Rhetoric: Linguistic Identity in Harold Pinter's One
for the Road (1984) and Mountain Language (1988)
Chapter Four: Chic Dictatorship: Power and Political Identity in Harold
Pinter's Party Time (1991)
Chapter Five: The Ethic and Aesthetic of Existence: Sexual Identity in
Harold Pinter's Betrayal (1978)
Chapter Six: Crumbling Families: Familial and Marital Identity in Harold
Pinter's Celebration (2000)
Conclusion