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Harold Pinter, Fascism, and Outrage
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Description
Displaying on stage the plight of political prisoners facing illegal detainment, brutal interrogation, and torture, Pinter employs an aggressive, graphic style seeking to shock spectators out of their apathy and denial, and encourage awareness of such documented realities of fascist rule. Russell argues that Pinter's political plays are not propagandistic screeds, but rather reflect a level of quasi-journalistic facticity about the global rise of fascism. The author emphasizes that Pinter develops a fictional framework in an effort to reach a level of truth beyond the mere compilation of facts. Pinter seeks to abrasively drill down through the facts of political torture to expose the truth that lies at the rotting core of fascism. Russell interprets Pinter's fascism plays as artifacts of anti-theatre that abandon conventional theatrical narrative in favor of a sensorial assault on spectators to raise consciousness of the rising threat of fascist rule. He argues that by compelling audiences to witness fascist brutality, Pinter paints spectators into a corner of moral perplexity.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
198
Release Date:
2025-09-04
Publication Date:
2025-09-04
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1666943940
ISBN13:
9781666943948
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
445 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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