LEADER 02829nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910785228603321 005 20230721013610.0 010 $a1-282-87613-9 010 $a9786612876134 010 $a1-4411-7912-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000055069 035 $a(EBL)601632 035 $a(OCoLC)682540765 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000419351 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11299208 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419351 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10384136 035 $a(PQKB)10261051 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC601632 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL601632 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10427388 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL287613 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000055069 100 $a20080207d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHarold Pinter$b[electronic resource] /$fWilliam Baker 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cContinuum$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (173 p.) 225 1 $aWriters Lives 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8264-9970-8 311 $a0-8264-9971-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 140-153) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aHarold Pinter is one of the most important writers in English of the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century. This brief biography offers fresh insights into his life and work, concentrating on the themes, patterns, relationships, ideas and language common to his life and creative output. Placing Pinter's life and work alongside each other, the study illuminates Pinter's vision of society, politics, gender, sex, violence and human relationships. Drawing upon the full-range of his output, his letters, journalism, writings about him, Baker combines a biographical approach with... 410 0$aWriters Lives 606 $aDramatists, English$y20th century$vBiography 606 $aPoets, English$y20th century$vBiography 606 $aAuthors, English$y20th century$vBiography 606 $aScreenwriters$zGreat Britain$vBiography 615 0$aDramatists, English 615 0$aPoets, English 615 0$aAuthors, English 615 0$aScreenwriters 676 $a822/.914 676 $aB 700 $aBaker$b William$f1944-$01477701 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785228603321 996 $aHarold Pinter$93732255 997 $aUNINA