Hamlet's Arab journey

Litvin, Margaret, 1974-

Hamlet's Arab journey Shakespeare's prince and Nasser's ghost / [electronic resource] : Margaret Litvin. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2011. - xviii, 269 p. : ill. - Translation/transnation . - Translation/transnation. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Hamlet in the daily discourse of Arab identity -- Nasser's dramatic imagination, 1952-64 -- The global kaleidoscope: how Egyptians got their Hamlet, 1901-64 -- Hamletizing the Arab Muslim hero, 1964-67 -- Time out of joint, 1967-76 -- Six plays in search of a protagonist, 1976-2002 -- Epilogue : Hamlets without Hamlet.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

9780691137803 (alk. paper) 9781400840106 (e-book)




Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Appreciation--Arab countries.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Translations into Arabic--History and criticism.


Hamlet (Legendary character)
Heroes in literature.
Politics in literature.
Arabic drama--History and criticism.--Egypt
Arabic drama--History and criticism.--20th century


Egypt--Civilization--English influences.


Electronic books.

PR2807 / .L63 2011eb

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