TY  - BOOK
AU  - Malkin,Jeanette R.
TI  - Verbal violence in contemporary drama: from Handke to Shepard 
SN  - 9780521032711
U1  - 809.2045 22
PY  - 1992///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Drama
KW  - 20th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - Dialogue
KW  - Violence in literature
KW  - HHUUEENN
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
ER  -