Kenneth A. Loparo 
Affirming the Absurd in Harold Pinter 

Using Martin Esslin’s ‘invention’ — the Theatre of the Absurd — to examine Pinter’s works, Wong brings the complexities and intricacies of the plays to the forefront, provoking readers and audiences to reconsider and problematize more conventional studies of his plays.

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1. Introduction 2. Intruders as Liberators in The Birthday Party 3. Estrangement and Reconnection in The Caretaker 4. Implied Silence: Anatomizing Friendship and Betrayal in The Dwarfs 5. Conceptualizing Structure, Freedom, and Desire in The French Lieutenant’s Woman 6. Epilogue

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Jane Wong Yeang Chui is Assistant Professor at Nanyang University, Singapore