02826nam 2200673 a 450 991080771040332120240513023033.01-282-87613-997866128761341-4411-7912-7(CKB)2670000000055069(EBL)601632(OCoLC)682540765(SSID)ssj0000419351(PQKBManifestationID)11299208(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419351(PQKBWorkID)10384136(PQKB)10261051(MiAaPQ)EBC601632(Au-PeEL)EBL601632(CaPaEBR)ebr10427388(CaONFJC)MIL287613(EXLCZ)99267000000005506920080207d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHarold Pinter /William Baker1st ed.London ;New York Continuumc20081 online resource (173 p.)Writers LivesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8264-9970-8 0-8264-9971-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-153) and index.Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Growing Up; 2. Ireland, Precarious Existence and Marriage; 3. Early Plays; 4. Success; 5. Turning Points; 6. The 1970's and 1980's; 7. The 1990's and Beyond: Political Engagement; 8. Conclusion: Cancer, the Nobel Prize, Mutations of Mortality, Poetry; Notes; Bibliography; IndexHarold 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...Writers LivesDramatists, English20th centuryBiographyPoets, English20th centuryBiographyAuthors, English20th centuryBiographyScreenwritersGreat BritainBiographyDramatists, EnglishPoets, EnglishAuthors, EnglishScreenwriters822/.914BBaker William1944-1626515MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807710403321Harold Pinter3995756UNINA