Harold Pinter

"For those getting newly acquainted with Pinter's work, this is ideal. Gordon provides a range of focused instruction, crucial to first-timers. If more experienced readers of Pinter find these plantings to be well-furrowed already, then know there's something fresh in the fertilizer."
- Doug Phillips, University of St. Thomas, Text and Presentation--Doug Phillips "Text & Presentation 2014 (The Comparative Drama Conf. Series)"
"[Gordon's book] is an enlightening examination of Pinter's obsession with power in both the personal and political spheres, from the intimate struggles for power in parent-child and marital relationships to the oppressive force of dictatorships."
--Times Literary Supplement-- "Times Literary Supplement" (8/15/2013 12:00:00 AM)
"Gordon's Harold Pinter: The Theater of Power ... is both a deft homage and a useful guidebook to Pinter's now-complete oeuvre, written by an eminently authoritative, unabashed admirer of the plays."
--Comparative Drama--William Hutchings, University of Alabama at Birmingham "Comparative Drama" (8/15/2013 12:00:00 AM)
"Robert Gordon's exploration of Pinter's stage works is a major critical achievement. He produces ever-surprising insights, and his own rhetoric and erudition are impressive. The book will be of great use not only to theatregoers attempting to understand what they have seen onstage, but to actors and directors who are seeking the most theatrically productive approaches to these challenging plays. Harold Pinter: The Theatre of Power is quite simply a brilliantly conceived and exceptionally well-written academic text. It is certain to become one of the major critical works about the preeminent English playwright of the late twentieth century."
--Theatre Survey--Samuel T. Shanks "Theatre Survey" (10/2/2014 12:00:00 AM)