Verbal Violence in Contemporary Drama: From Handke to Shepard (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521383356)

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.

Author: Jeanette R. Malkin,Malkin Jeanette R.
ISBN-10: 0521383358
ISBN-13: 9780521383356
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/23/1992
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d