Gender and power in the plays of Harold Pinter

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Gender and power in the plays of Harold Pinter

Victor L. Cahn

Macmillan Press, c1994

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  • : hbk

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Bibliography: p. [137]-142

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780333615027

Description

By examining many of Pinter's major works, Cahn shows that Pinter's theme of struggle for security often manifests itself in a gender battle, where men dominate the physical arena, but women control the emotional battleground. Cahn sees this disparity as creating a tension that is at once comic and unnerving, and believes that these gender differences are dramatized, not as social constructs, but as inherent qualities. This book covers most of Pinter's major plays and is intended as a general introduction to his work or as a companion volume.

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements Introduction A Slight Ache
  • A Night Out
  • Night School The Collection The Lover The Homecoming Tea Party
  • The Basement Landscape
  • Silence Old Times Betrayal Conclusion Works Cited Index About the Author
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780333733837

Description

By examining many of Pinter's major works, Cahn shows that Pinter's theme of struggle for security often manifests itself in a gender battle, where men dominate the physical arena, but women control the emotional battleground. Cahn sees this disparity as creating a tension that is at once comic and unnerving, and believes that these gender differences are dramatized, not as social constructs, but as inherent qualities. This book covers most of Pinter's major plays and is intended as a general introduction to his work or as a companion volume.

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements - Introduction - A Slight Ache
  • A Night Out
  • Night School - The Collection - The Lover - The Homecoming - Tea Party
  • The Basement - Landscape
  • Silence - Old Times - Betrayal - Conclusion - Works Cited - Index - About the Author

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  • NCID
    BA37902697
  • ISBN
    • 0333733835
    • 0333615026
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Basingstoke, Hampshire
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 148 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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