Hamlet's Arab journey [electronic resource] : Shakespeare's prince and Nasser's ghost / Margaret Litvin.
Series: Translation/transnationPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2011.Description: xviii, 269 p. : illISBN:- 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 -- Egypt -- History and criticism
- Arabic drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Egypt -- Civilization -- English influences
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- PR2807 .L63 2011eb
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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.