Cringe Histories: Harold Pinter and the Steptoes
This article argues that cringe humour in British television had begun at least by the early 1960s and derived from a theatre history in which conventions of Naturalism were modified by emergent British writers working with European avant-garde motifs. The article makes the case by analysing the imp...
Main Author: | Jonathan Bignell |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-06-01
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Series: | Humanities |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/10/2/83 |
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