01463 a2200301 4500 135162556X 20250317111608.0 250312042017GB eng 9781351625562 Taylor & Francis GBP 41.99 BB 01 eng ATD thema DSG thema AN bic DSG bic PER011020 bisac LIT004120 bisac PER011030 bisac PER011000 bisac 822.914 bisac Farah Ali Eroding the Language of Freedom Identity Predicament in Selected Works of Harold Pinter 1 Oxford Routledge 20170918 286 p Let down by the uncertainties of memory, language, and their own family units, the characters in Harold Pinter’s plays endure persistent struggles to establish their own identities. Eroding the Language of Freedom re-examines how identity is shaped in these plays, arguing that the characters’ failure to function as active members of society speaks volumes to Pinter’s ideological preoccupation with society’s own inadequacies. Pinter described himself as addressing the state of the world through his plays, and in the linguistic games, emotional balancing acts, and recurring scenarios through which he put his characters, readers and audiences can see how he perceived that world. 4702 4702