Title Hamlet's Arab Journey : Shakespeare's Prince and Nasser's Ghost

Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (292 pages) Series Translation/transnation Translation/transnation. Contents Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration and Translation; Introduction; 1 Hamlet in the Daily Discourse of Arab Identity; 2 Nasser's Dramatic Imagination, 1952-64; 3 The Global Kaleidoscope: How Egyptians Got Their Hamlet, 1901-64; 4 Hamletizing the Arab Muslim Hero, 1964-67; 5 Time Out of Joint, 1967-76; 6 Six Plays in Search of a Protagonist, 1976-2002; Epilogue: Hamlets without Hamlet; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary 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 ess Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject 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) SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Translations into Arabic -- History and criticism Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Appreciation -- Arab countries Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast Hamlet (Legendary character) fast Hamlet (Shakespeare, William) fast Subject Heroes in literature. Politics in literature. Arabic drama -- Egypt -- History and criticism Arabic drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism DRAMA -- Shakespeare. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Arabic drama Art appreciation Civilization -- English influences Heroes in literature Politics in literature SUBJECT Egypt -- Civilization -- English influences Subject Arab countries Egypt Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2011005331 ISBN 9781400840106 1400840104 9786613280688 6613280682 128328068X 9781283280686

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