112 Pages
by Routledge

110 Pages
by Routledge

110 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1983, Harold Pinter is an original study into the work of one of Britain’s foremost dramatists. The book celebrates Pinter’s elusiveness as a writer. It considers his position as a specifically contemporary writer of the post-modernist tradition, and explores his use of language as a sophisticated means of non-communication, acting as a smokescreen behind which his... Read more
1: Introduction; 2: Games; 3: Questioning games: the early plays; 4: Hiding games: The Caretaker; 5: Critical games: The Homecoming; 6: Endgames: a period of transition; 7: Memory games: Old Times, No Man's Land and Betrayal; 8: Different ball games: The French Lieutenant's Woman and Other Places: Notes, Bibliography

Biography

Guido Almansi was Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of East Anglia. Simon Henderson was formerly a research student in contemporary theatre at the Univeristy of East Anglia.