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The Play out of Context: Transferring Plays from Culture to Culture
Hanna Scolnicov
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Description for The Play out of Context: Transferring Plays from Culture to Culture
Hardback. This volume of essays examines the relationship between the play and its historical and cultural contexts. Editor(s): Scolnicov, Hanna; Holland, Peter. Num Pages: 236 pages, 4 half-tones, index. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
This is a volume of essays, which examines the relationship between the play and its historical and cultural contexts. Transferring plays from one period or one culture to another is so much more than translating the words from one language into another. The contributors vary their approaches to this problem from the theoretical to the practical, from the literary to the theatrical, with plays examined both historically and synchronically. The articles interact with each other, presenting a diversity of views of the central theme and establishing a dialogue between scholars of different cultures. With play texts quoted in English, the ... Read more
This is a volume of essays, which examines the relationship between the play and its historical and cultural contexts. Transferring plays from one period or one culture to another is so much more than translating the words from one language into another. The contributors vary their approaches to this problem from the theoretical to the practical, from the literary to the theatrical, with plays examined both historically and synchronically. The articles interact with each other, presenting a diversity of views of the central theme and establishing a dialogue between scholars of different cultures. With play texts quoted in English, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521344333
SKU
V9780521344333
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99-3
Reviews for The Play out of Context: Transferring Plays from Culture to Culture
"This is a very thoughtful, well-edited, provocative series of essays showing how new dramatic meanings arise from new circumstances." Comparative Drama