Verbal violence in contemporary drama :
Malkin, Jeanette R.,
Verbal violence in contemporary drama : from Handke to Shepard / Jeanette R. Malkin, Department of Theatre History, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. - ix, 245 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this book, Jeanette Malkin considers a broad spectrum of postwar plays in which characters are created, coerced, and destroyed by language. The playwrights examined are diverse and include Handke, Pinter, Bond, Albee, Mamet, and Shepard, as well as Vaclav Havel and two of his plays: The Garden Party and The Memorandum. These playwrights portray language's manipulation of our political, social, and interpersonal worlds. Writing in a variety of idioms and styles, the playwrights all reveal the link between language and power.
9780521032711 0521032717
Drama--History and criticism.--20th century
Dialogue.
Violence in literature.
809.2045 / MAL
Verbal violence in contemporary drama : from Handke to Shepard / Jeanette R. Malkin, Department of Theatre History, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. - ix, 245 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this book, Jeanette Malkin considers a broad spectrum of postwar plays in which characters are created, coerced, and destroyed by language. The playwrights examined are diverse and include Handke, Pinter, Bond, Albee, Mamet, and Shepard, as well as Vaclav Havel and two of his plays: The Garden Party and The Memorandum. These playwrights portray language's manipulation of our political, social, and interpersonal worlds. Writing in a variety of idioms and styles, the playwrights all reveal the link between language and power.
9780521032711 0521032717
Drama--History and criticism.--20th century
Dialogue.
Violence in literature.
809.2045 / MAL