Eroding the Language of Freedom: Identity Predicament in Selected Works of Harold Pinter (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies) - Hardcover

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Ali, Farah

 
9781138080195: Eroding the Language of Freedom: Identity Predicament in Selected Works of Harold Pinter (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies)
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ISBN 10: 1138080195 ISBN 13: 9781138080195
Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

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 preoccupation with society’s own inadequacies. Pinter described himself as addressing the state of the world through his plays, and in the linguistic games, emotional balancing acts, and recurring scenarios through which he put his characters, readers and audiences can see how he perceived that world.

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About the Author

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

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138080195
ISBN 13 
9781138080195
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
286

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