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Twentieth-century drama dialogue as ordinary talk : speaking between the lines

Title
Twentieth-century drama dialogue as ordinary talk : speaking between the lines / Susan Mandala.
Author
Mandala, Susan, 1968-
Publication
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007], ©2007.

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Description
xiii, 138 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  • Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008
  • Wesker, Arnold, 1932-2016
  • Rattigan, Terence
  • Ayckbourn, Alan, 1939-
  • English drama > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Dialogue
  • Discourse analysis, Literary
  • Conversation analysis
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-133) and index.
Contents
Drama dialogue and talk -- Approaches to talk -- Lifting the smokescreen : the language of conversation in Harold Pinter's The homecoming -- Language and social class in Arnold Wesker's Roots -- Brave silences : understanding what is not said in Terence Rattigan's In praise of love -- Talking at the edge : Alan Ayckbourn's Just between ourselves -- Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 0754651053 (alk. paper)
  • 9780754651055 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2007010453
OCLC
  • OCM87737833
  • 87737833
  • SCSB-5360449
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries