| Description |
1 online resource (166 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Writers' lives series
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Writers' lives (Continuum (Firm))
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-153) and index. |
| Contents |
Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Growing Up; 2. Ireland, Precarious Existence and Marriage; 3. Early Plays; 4. Success; 5. Turning Points; 6. The 1970s and 1980s; 7. The 1990s and Beyond: Political Engagement; 8. Conclusion: Cancer, the Nobel Prize, Mutations of Mortality, Poetry; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Harold Pinter is one of the most important writers in English of the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century. This brief biography offers fresh insights into his life and work, concentrating on the themes, patterns, relationships, ideas and language common to his life and creative output. Placing Pinter's life and work alongside each other, the study illuminates Pinter's vision of society, politics, gender, sex, violence and human relationships. Drawing upon the full-range of his output, his letters, journalism, writings about him, Baker combines a biographical approach with clos. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008.
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Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008. |
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Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008. |
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Pinter, Harold, (1930-2008) -- Critique et interprétation. |
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Pinter, Harold. |
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Dramatists, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Dramatists, English. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Poets, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Poets, English. |
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Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Authors, English. |
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Screenwriters -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Screenwriters. |
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Great Britain. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Baker, William, 1944- Harold Pinter. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2008 9780826499707 (DLC) 2008005642 (OCoLC)192045642 |
| ISBN |
9781441179128 (electronic book) |
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1441179127 (electronic book) |
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1282876139 |
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9781282876132 |
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9780826499707 |
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0826499708 |
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9780826499714 |
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0826499716 |
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