HAROLD PINTER An Absurdist to Leftist Gospeller

Authors: Talanki Jeevan Kumar,
Publish Date/ Year : November 2025 | Format: Paperback | Genre : History | Other Book Detail

Of the twentieth century British dramatists, Harold Pinter has attracted a good deal of critical attention over a span of five decades. He stands out as the most complex, daring and often elusive of all. He has twenty nine plays, numerous screenplays and theatre productions to his credit. His activism, especially in favour of the freedom of expression (articulated more recently, in his anti-Iraq invasion speech at the Nobel ceremony), has attracted considerable attention. Originally influenced by the Theatre of the Absurd, his plays are often taken as symbols of anti-traditional protest and emancipation. Though he is known for his variety and versatility and prolific output, the present thesis studies only seven of his representative plays – The Birthday Party, The Caretaker, The Homecoming, No Man’s Land, A Kind of Alaska, Ashes to Ashes, and Celebration – which overtly connote the three phases in his literary canon.The book primarily throws light on the growth and development in his career as a dramatist. Its concern is to exhibit how Pinter in the early phase remained as an absurdist commenting on the aimlessness in one’s own life, the middle phase indicating explicitly the memories of the past, and the third phase as a ‘gospeller’ and political activist overtly championing his message throughout the world.

Pages

235 pages

Language

English

Publication date

November 2025

ISBN-13

978-93-6678-446-5

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Talanki Jeevan Kumar

Dr. Talanki Jeevan Kumar, TESOL Certified Master Trainer, works as an Associate Professor of English at Government College (A), Ananthapuramu. He is the recipient of Gold Medal and Memorial Prize. He has twenty years of teaching experience in the institutions of higher learning. He is the author of a book entitled English Bridge-I: Life Skills. His latest book English Bridge-II: Communicate and Connect is accepted for publication and will be released in December 2025. He is the co-author of Voices of Resilience in Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Novels. His articles, more than sixty, are published in Scopus, UGC CARE listed, Peer-Reviewed Journals and Edited books. He has edited three books (UGC Conference Proceedings) Human Trafficking in Asian Countries: Dynamics and Dimensions, Human Rights: Trends and Issues, and Protection and Promotion of Human Rights: Role of Civil Society. He was the Content Generator of a textbook English Pro – I prescribed for the UG Semester III students of the State Government of Andhra Pradesh. He was also the Content writer of UG & PG Course Material for the International Student Cell of Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur. He was the editor of “General English” material designed for the Students of Distance Education of Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ananthapuramu He is the Editor, Section Editor, Editorial/Reviewer/Advisory Board Member, Advisory Board Member, of national and internal Journals. He has acted as a Resource Person in Seminars/Workshops/FDP/Webinars. Besides this, he has presented more than eighty research papers in national as well as international Seminars and attended more than 100 Webinars.