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Affirming the absurd in Harold Pinter

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Affirming the absurd in Harold Pinter/ Jane Wong Yeang Chui.
Author:	Wong Yeang Chui, Jane.
Published:	Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan, : 2013.,
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	English drama - History and criticism. -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137343079
ISBN:	9781137343079 (electronic bk.)

Affirming the absurd in Harold Pinter
Wong Yeang Chui, Jane.

Affirming the absurd in Harold Pinter[electronic resource] /Jane Wong Yeang Chui. - Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan,2013. - 1 online resource.

1. Introduction -- 2. Intruders as Liberators in "The Birthday Party" -- 3. Estrangement and Reconnection in "The Caretaker" -- 4. Implied Silence: Anatomizing Friendship and Betrayal in "The Dwarfs" -- 5. Conceptualizing Structure, Freedom, and Desire in "The French Lieutenant's Woman" -- 6. Epilogue.

While the Absurd is frequently used to analyze Harold Pinter's work, some aspects have been long overlooked in Pinter criticism - contemplation and affirmation. Many scholars note the menacing, dark, and sinister qualities of Pinter's works, however there is a lack of alternative interpretations and very little attention has been paid to the affirmative aspects of his plays. This work remedies the lack by examining these aspects, in particular the characters' focus on overcoming trying circumstances, their persistence in the pursuit of freedom, and their stoic but courageous attitudes toward a fate they cannot avoid. Using Martin Esslin's "invention" - the Theatre of the Absurd - to examine Pinter's works, Jane Wong Yeang Chui brings the complexities and intricacies of the plays to the forefront, provoking readers and audiences to reconsider and problematize more conventional studies of his plays.

ISBN: 9781137343079 (electronic bk.)

Source: 682096Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Personal Names:

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Pinter, Harold,
1930-2008--Criticism and interpretation.Subjects--Topical Terms:

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English drama
--History and criticism.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PR6066.I53 / W66 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 822/.91209

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