Harold Pinter: The Poetics of Silence

This first full-length book on Pinter goes beyond an introductory study to an examination of the isolation characters in his plays endure and the lack of communication they bear. Dealing with Pinter's principal works, from his first play,The Room(1957),through his most recent,Silence(1969),Hollis shows that Pinter has created a new poetic, in which the real presence, silence, communicatesreflecting fears of real people searching for basic human needs.Hollis, James R. is the author of 'Harold Pinter: The Poetics of Silence' with ISBN 9780809304509 and ISBN 0809304503.