Leslie Kane

The Art of Crime

The Plays and Film of Harold Pinter and David Mamet
Herausgeber: Kane, Leslie

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection of 15 original essays, assembled by renowned Mamet and Pinter scholar Leslie Kane, examines the pervasiveness of crime and criminality in the plays and screenplays of two of the most influential contemporary dramatists. The contributors generally focus on one or more works by a single writer, while a few take a comparative approach. Often the works studied are lesser-known or infrequently discussed works, thereby making this volume a valuable addition to current scholarship. In addition, this volume complements other works on Mamet and Pinter on our backlist, including Kane's earlier edited volumes on Mamet which both received solid sales and accolades from Choice. Assembled by a Garland/Routledge author with a proven sales record and impressive critical reception, this collection should be an easy sell to academic and theater libraries, as well as Pinter and Mamet specialists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 159mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9780415968300
• ISBN-10: 0415968305
• Artikelnr.: 21105820

Autorenporträt

Leslie Kane

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1. A Poetics for Thugs Varun Begley
2. You'll Never Be Without a Police Siren: Pinter and the Subject of Law
Marc Silverstein 3. Harold Pinter Before the Law Steven Price 4. Harold
Pinter's Ashes to Ashes: Violation, Empathy, and Historical Remembrance
Charles Grimes 5. Comedy and Crime: Pinter's Primal Power and Celebration
Penelope Prentice 6. Lost in the Funhouse: Pinter's Screenplay of Kafka's
The Trial Ann C. Hall 7. Lie Detectors: Pinter/Mamet and the Victorian
Concept of Crime Ira Nadel 8. Gradations of Criminality in the Plays of
David Mamet Kimball King 9. Melville's The Confidence Man and his
Descendants in David Mamet's Work Barry Goldensohn 10. Fantasy
Crimes/Fictional Lives: Lakeboat Anne M. Dean 11. David Mamet's House of
Games: Performance and the Already Played Elizabeth Klaver 12. More Uses of
the Knife as Signifier in The Cryptogram, The Old Religion, and The Edge
Thomas P. Adler 13. Mamet's The Edge as a Figura of Otherness Claire Magaha
14. Suckered Again: The Perfect Patsy and The Spanish Prisoner Leslie Kane