The apparatus is vigorous. The scope broad. The argument provocative. Readers will find here a solid review of Pinter criticism blended with an insistent nudge to look at Pinter in new ways. That insistent nudge leads to an “in-depth study that relates Pinter's dramatic images and sensory landscapes to Symbolist theatre and theory” (11). Interdisciplinary in approach, Corrêa's work blends such concepts as micropolitics, synthesia, and sensory scapes.
In addition to a very helpful introduction and conclusion, the book divides into five substantial chapters: “Landscape Theory,” “Pinter's Dramatic Landscapes,” “Space Becomes Air,” “Apocalyptic Landscapes,” and “Unsustainable Homescapes.” In each chapter, the author closely analyzes several Pinter dramas. Further, she relies on a wide body of scholarship as she joins the conversation. Ample and discursive footnotes carry her arguments beyond her already dense prose. She includes a list of Pinter's dramas to include the year of first performance, a handy reference....
