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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mandala, Susan, 1968-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007]
Subjects:	English drama > 20th century > History and criticism. Dialogue. Pinter, Harold, > 1930-2008. > Homecoming. Wesker, Arnold, > 1932-2016 > Roots. Rattigan, Terence. > In praise of love. Ayckbourn, Alan, > 1939- > Just between ourselves. Discourse analysis, Literary. Conversation analysis.
Online Access:	Table of contents only

Table of 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.