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PINTER ET CETERA, edited by Craig N. Owens, is among the first volumes published since playwright Harold Pinter's death to account for the many ways his poems, plays, fiction, screenwriting, and public statements have have influenced the creative work of artists and writers worldwide. It collects nine essays by nine scholars from five nations, each approaching Pinter's work from a different perspective. Together, these essays offer a compelling argument for thinking of Pinter not merely as a unique writer whose individual genius has introduced the world to a particular aesthetic, but more importantly, as an artist working within numerous traditions, influencing and influenced by the work of painters, installation artists, film directors, photographers, poets and, of course, theatre-makers. PINTER ET CETERA is a bold step toward expanding our understanding of Pinter and establishing its importance beyond the absurdist stage. Contributors include Judith Roof, Ubiratan Paiva de Oliveira, Kyounghye Kwon, Mark Taylor-Batty, Michael Stuart Lynch, Jeanne Colleran, Andrew Wyllie, Christopher Wixson, and Lance Norman.

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Craig N. Owens, Editor, is Associate Professor of English at Drake University, where he teaches courses in drama, playwriting, and critical theory. He specializes in theories of staged representation, including performance theory, theatre ontology, and stage semiotics, and in the study of twentieth-century British drama. Besides working in his area of specialty, Owens has published essays on American film and television. He is a member of Steinsemble Performance Group, an ensemble committed to producing underperformed and undertheorized works of the modernist avant garde. He has contributed to Lance Norman's volume DISMEMBERMENT IN DRAMA/DISMEMBERMENT OF DRAMA, also published by Cambridge Scholars.

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