Infinite Responsibility and the Third in Emmanuel Levinas and Harold Pinter

In this article I test Levinas' well-known presentation of alterity in the context of Pinter's two most well-known absurd dramas, The Birthday Party and The Caretaker, where condensed everyday life situations present some extraordinary encounters with Others. Harold Pinter has proved to be...

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Main Author: Nyusztay, Iván (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2015]
In: Literature and theology
Year: 2015, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 153-165
RelBib Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
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