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Hamlet´s Arab Journey: Shakespeare´s Prince and Nasser´s Ghost
Margaret Litvin
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Hardback. 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. This title identifies the French source of the earliest Arabic "Hamlet". Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
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 essential Arab political text, cited by ... Read more
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 essential Arab political text, cited by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Translation/Transnation
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691137803
SKU
V9780691137803
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About Margaret Litvin
Margaret Litvin is assistant professor of Arabic and comparative literature at Boston University.
Reviews for Hamlet´s Arab Journey: Shakespeare´s Prince and Nasser´s Ghost
"Studying productions of Hamlet across the Arab world, including performances in Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Egypt, and Syria, Litvin draws broad parallels between the struggles of Shakespeare's protagonist and the frustrated political and cultural hopes of Arab intellectuals. Citing an interesting variety of sources
from videos and reviews to scripts and interviews
the author provides a new perspective on how Shakespearean drama has ... Read more
from videos and reviews to scripts and interviews
the author provides a new perspective on how Shakespearean drama has ... Read more