Description: Hamlet's Arab Journey by Margaret Litvin Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Traces the uses of "Hamlet" in Arabic theatre and political rhetoric, and asks how Shakespeares 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". Publisher Description For the past five decades, Arab intellectuals have seen themselves in Shakespeares "Hamlet": their times "out of joint", their political hopes frustrated by a corrupt older generation. "Hamlets Arab Journey" traces the uses of "Hamlet" in Arabic theatre and political rhetoric, and asks how Shakespeares 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 Shakespeares tragedy into the essential Arab political text, cited by Arab liberals, nationalists, and Islamists alike. On the Arab stage, Hamlet has been an operetta hero, a firebrand revolutionary, and a muzzled dissident. Analyzing productions from Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and Kuwait, Litvin follows the distinct phases of Hamlets naturalization as an Arab. Her fine-grained theatre history uses personal interviews as well as scripts and videos, reviews, and detailed comparisons with French and Russian Hamlets. The result shows Arab theatre in a new light.Litvin identifies the French source of the earliest Arabic "Hamlet", shows the outsize influence of Soviet and East European Shakespeare, and explores the deep cultural link between Egypts Gamal Abdel Nasser and the ghost of Hamlets father. Documenting how global sources and models helped nurture a distinct Arab "Hamlet" tradition, "Hamlets Arab Journey" represents a new approach to the study of international Shakespeare appropriation. Author Biography Margaret Litvin is assistant professor of Arabic and comparative literature at Boston University. Details ISBN 0691137803 ISBN-13 9780691137803 Title Hamlet's Arab Journey Author Margaret Litvin Format Hardcover Year 2011 Pages 296 Publisher Princeton University Press GE_Item_ID:161691111; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780691137803
Book Title: Hamlet's Arab Journey
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Publication Name: Hamlet's Arab Journey : Shakespeare's Prince and Nasser's Ghost
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2011
Subject: Middle Eastern, Shakespeare, Folklore & Mythology, Ancient / Egypt, Subjects & Themes / Politics, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Subjects & Themes / General
Item Height: 0.9 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19 Oz
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Drama, Social Science, History
Item Length: 9.9 in
Author: Margaret Litvin
Item Width: 6.5 in
Series: Translation/Transnation Ser.
Format: Hardcover
