The Late Harold Pinter

Political Dramatist, Poet and Activist
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-137-50815-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 245 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 448 g

Examines Pinter's often overlooked work in alternative media, from poetry to speeches
Draws extensively on little-accessed archival material to bring further insights into Pinter's creative process

Views Pinter's political output through the lens of affect

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chiasson, Basil

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: On the Meaning of Late, Affect, and Aestheticizing Politics.- 2. The “Early” Years: A “More Precisely Political” Drama.- 3. Pinter’s Political Dramas in the 1990s and After: Dialogue Is the Thing.- 4. The Political Verse: A Poetics of Force.- 5. A “Citizen of the World”: Aestheticizing Politics.- 6. The Nobel Lecture: Artist and Citizen Converge.-

Über Autor(innen)

Basil Chiasson is Research Fellow at the University of Leeds. He is a member of the AHRC-funded ‘Harold Pinter: Histories and Legacies’ research team. Previous publications include contributions to Modern Drama, The Theatre of Harold Pinter and Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter.