Harold Pinter / Edition 1

by William Baker

Overview

A succinct examination of Nobel prize-winner, Harold Pinter's creative output, providing introduction to drama (including theatre, film, TV and radio) and Pinter's letters prose and journalism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826499707
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/08/2008
Series:	Writers Lives
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

William Baker is Trustee Professor, Distinguished Research Professor, Department of English and University Libraries, at Northern Illinois University, USA. He is the author/editor of numerous books and his co-authored Harold Pinter: A Bibliographical History and his The Letters of Wilkie Collins were honoured by Choice as the year's most outstanding books (2006 and 2000).

Table of Contents

Introduction and Acknowledgements1. Growing Up2. Ireland, Precarious Existence and Marriage3. Early Plays4. Success5. Turbaning Points6. The 1970s and 1980s7. The 1990s and Beyond: Political Engagement8. Conclusion: Cancer, The Nobel Prize, Mutations of Mortality, PoetryBibliographyIndex

Editorial Reviews

"William Baker's Harold Pinter affords readers with a comprehensive, career-spanning analysis of the Nobel Laureate's life and art. A deft and eminently rewarding exploration of one of postwar literature's great masters, Baker's study will become the standard-bearer for our understanding and enjoyment of Pinter's time-eclipsing work." - Professor Ken Womack, Penn State University, USA

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