Let down by the uncertainties of memory, language, and their own family units, the characters in Harold Pinters plays endure persistent struggles to establish their own identities.
Eroding the Language of Freedom re-examines how identity is shaped in these plays, arguing that the characters failure to function as active members of society speaks volumes to Pinters ideological preoccupation with societys own inadequacies. Pinter described himself as addressing the state of the world through his plays, and in the linguistic games, emotional balancing acts, and recurring scenarios through which he put his characters, readers and audiences can see how he perceived that world.
Introduction: The Question of Identity in Harold Pinters Drama
Chapter One: Strong Arm Her: Gendered Identity in Harold Pinters A Kind of Alaska (1982)
Chapter Two: The Indelible Memory: Memorial Identity in Harold Pinters Ashes to Ashes (1996)
Chapter Three: Eroded Rhetoric: Linguistic Identity in Harold Pinters One for the Road (1984) and Mountain Language (1988)
Chapter Four: Chic Dictatorship: Power and Political Identity in Harold Pinters Party Time (1991)
Chapter Five: The Ethic and Aesthetic of Existence: Sexual Identity in Harold Pinters Betrayal (1978)
Chapter Six: Crumbling Families: Familial and Marital Il#+
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