TY  - BOOK
AU  - Billington,Michael
TI  - The life and work of Harold Pinter
SN  - 9780571190652
U1  - 822.914 22
PY  - 1997///
CY  - London
PB  - Faber and Faber Limited
KW  - Pinter, Harold,
KW  - Dramatists, English
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - HHUUEENN
KW  - November2019
KW  - Reading book
N1  - Originally published : 1996; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "Harold Pinter is our foremost living dramatist; and in this ground-breaking book - the first authorized biographical study - Michael Billington examines Pinter's work in the context of his life. Pinter's plays, including such acknowledged masterpieces as The Caretaker and The Homecoming, are subjected to close textual scrutiny and are seen to spring from a mixture of experience, memory and the unfettered poetic imagination. Billington's book also demolishes the myth that Pinter's political commitment is either belated or aesthetically detrimental; the dramatist is seen from the outset as a vehement opponent of authoritarian structures"
ER  -