Pinter Et Cetera

Scholars of literature in general and drama in particular counter the view that towering British playwright Harold Pinter (1930-2008) represented a sui generis, by showing how particular plays, and his body of work as a whole, fit in the dramatic tradition and contemporary scene of English language. Among their topics are his influence on Samuel Beckett; Pinter joining Beckett and Edward Albee as absurd jokers; women, torture, and witness in Ariel Dorman’s Death and the Maiden and his Ashes to Ashes; his positions of subjectivity and a case study by Claude Lévi-Strauss; and Pinter and the plastic arts. The price is converted from British pounds. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)