A01=Penelope Prentice
aesthetic
Author_Penelope Prentice
Birthday
Caretaker
Category=DSBH
Category=DSG
character
characters
Devious
dominance and subservience in plays
Dominant Character
dramatic character motivation
Dumb Waiter
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eq_biography-true-stories
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
erotic
ethical conflict studies
Family Voices
Follow
fractal
Fractal Geometry
French Lieutenant's Woman
French Lieutenant’s Woman
Full Length Play
geometry
Girlfriend
Held
La Recherche Du Temps Perdu
literary ambiguity interpretation
modern drama analysis
Mountain Language
Outcast
Pinter's Characters
Pinter's Early Work
Pinter's Plays
Pinter's Work
pinters
Pinter’s Characters
Pinter’s Early Work
Pinter’s Plays
Pinter’s Work
plays
postwar British literature
power dynamics in theater
Proust Screenplay
Pumpkin Eater
subservient
Subservient Character
Victoria Station
Wo
work
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780815338864
- Weight: 1050g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 09 Aug 2000
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The only comprehensive guide to the plays of one of the world's greatest yet most puzzling contemporary dramatists, The Pinter Ethic penetrates the mystery of Harold Pinter's work with compelling and authoritative insights that locate and disclose the primal power of his drama in his characters' powerplay for dominance. With remarkable clarity, Penelope Prentice's close reading of Pinter's work untangles the multiple ambiguities, complex conflicts and contradictory actions which continue to baffle, bewilder, and confound critics and audiences. She reveals that Pinter's plays reflect not a vision of postmodern hopelessness in a world threatening to self-destruct, but provoke unguessed choice and action that enlarge the concept of love and link it to justice. Offering a definitive analysis of Pinter's work--from his early poetry, fiction, interviews, essays and novel The Dwarfs to his most recent play Celebration --Prentice demonstrates why Pinter's work can only be communicated through drama where attitude and intention may count for little, but where action is all.
Penelope Prentice is Professor of English at D'Youville College. She is an award-winning poet and playwright whose works include Thriller, Michael Tyro, and How toSeduce Your Husband.
