The life and work of Harold Pinter /
Billington, Michael, 1939-
The life and work of Harold Pinter / Michael Billington. - x, 418 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Originally published : 1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Harold Pinter is our foremost living dramatist; and in this ground-breaking book - the first authorized biographical study - Michael Billington examines Pinter's work in the context of his life. Pinter's plays, including such acknowledged masterpieces as The Caretaker and The Homecoming, are subjected to close textual scrutiny and are seen to spring from a mixture of experience, memory and the unfettered poetic imagination. Billington's book also demolishes the myth that Pinter's political commitment is either belated or aesthetically detrimental; the dramatist is seen from the outset as a vehement opponent of authoritarian structures"
9780571190652
Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008 --Criticism and interpretation.
Dramatists, English--20th century--Biography.
--Reading book
822.914 / BIL
The life and work of Harold Pinter / Michael Billington. - x, 418 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Originally published : 1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Harold Pinter is our foremost living dramatist; and in this ground-breaking book - the first authorized biographical study - Michael Billington examines Pinter's work in the context of his life. Pinter's plays, including such acknowledged masterpieces as The Caretaker and The Homecoming, are subjected to close textual scrutiny and are seen to spring from a mixture of experience, memory and the unfettered poetic imagination. Billington's book also demolishes the myth that Pinter's political commitment is either belated or aesthetically detrimental; the dramatist is seen from the outset as a vehement opponent of authoritarian structures"
9780571190652
Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008 --Criticism and interpretation.
Dramatists, English--20th century--Biography.
--Reading book
822.914 / BIL