Pinter

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Pinter

A Study of His Plays

Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: plays and playwrights

Author: Martin Esslin

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Collection: Routledge Revivals

Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 1st September 2022

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 3 Mb

ISBN: 9781000643534


First published in 1977, the third edition of Pinter is an excellent analysis of Harold Pinter and his works. Written when Pinter was only a few plays old, the book draws on several sources, including interviews with Pinter himself, to comment on Pinter’s career, his aesthetic and philosophical choices, and his oeuvre as a writer. The section devoted to his individual plays has been arranged in a chronological manner to visually represent the growth of the playwright and the relationship shared between his early and later works. Esslin, known for coining the term ‘theatre of the absurd,’ was himself an inspiration to Pinter and hence, the book records an intellectual and creative exchange between the author and his subject. The book will be of interest to students of literature, drama, history as well as to an academically inclined theatre audience.

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