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Kenneth A. Loparo
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Using Martin Esslin’s ‘invention’ – the Theatre of the Absurd – to examine Pinter’s works, Wong brings the complexities and intricacies of the plays to the forefront, provoking readers and audiences to reconsider and problematize more conventional studies of his plays.

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Table of Content

1. Introduction 2. Intruders as Liberators in The Birthday Party 3. Estrangement and Reconnection in The Caretaker 4. Implied Silence: Anatomizing Friendship and Betrayal in The Dwarfs 5. Conceptualizing Structure, Freedom, and Desire in The French Lieutenant’s Woman 6. Epilogue

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Jane Wong Yeang Chui is Assistant Professor at Nanyang University, Singapore

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 103 ● ISBN 9781137343079 ● File size 1.5 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan US ● City New York ● Country US ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4992450 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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