Hamlet's Arab Journey : Shakespeare's Prince and Nasser's Ghost

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For the past five decades, Arab intellectuals have seen themselves in Shakespeare's Hamlet: their times "out of joint," their political hopes frustrated by a corrupt older generation. Hamlet's Arab Journey traces the uses of Hamlet in Arabic theatre and political rhetoric, and as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Litvin, Margaret
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Hamlet > (Legendary character)
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Hamlet.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Appreciation > Arab countries.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Translations into Arabic > History and criticism.
Hamlet (Shakespeare, William)
Politics in literature.
Heroes in literature.
Civilization > English influences.
Art appreciation.
Arabic drama.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
DRAMA > Shakespeare.
Theâtre arabe > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Heros dans la litterature.
Arabic drama > 20th century > History and criticism.
Arabic drama > Egypt > History and criticism.
Egypt.
Arab countries.
Égypte > Civilisation > Influence anglaise.
Egypt > Civilization > English influences.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:For the past five decades, Arab intellectuals have seen themselves in Shakespeare's Hamlet: their times "out of joint," their political hopes frustrated by a corrupt older generation. Hamlet's Arab Journey traces the uses of Hamlet in Arabic theatre and political rhetoric, and asks how Shakespeare's play developed into a musical with a happy ending in 1901 and grew to become the most obsessively quoted literary work in Arab politics today. Explaining the Arab Hamlet tradition, Margaret Litvin also illuminates the "to be or not to be" politics that have turned Shakespeare's tragedy into the ess.
Physical Description:1 online resource (296 pages).
ISBN:9781400840106

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