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Eroding the Language of Freedom: Identity Predicament in Selected Works of Harold Pinter book cover

1st Edition

Eroding the Language of Freedom Identity Predicament in Selected Works of Harold Pinter

By Farah Ali Copyright 2018
286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge
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Let down by the uncertainties of memory, language, and their own family units, the characters in Harold Pinter’s plays endure persistent struggles to establish their own identities. Eroding the Language of Freedom re-examines how identity is shaped in these plays, arguing that the characters’ failure to function as active members of society speaks volumes to Pinter’s ideological... Read more

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

Biography

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

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