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100 1 _aḤamdān, Masʻūd.
_91005
245 1 0 _aPoetics, politics and protest in Arab theatre :
_bthe bitter cup and the holy rain /
_cMasʻud Hamdan.
260 _aBrighton [England] ;
_aPortland, Or. :
_bSussex Academic Press,
_c2006.
300 _ax, 189 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
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501 _aP.B
501 _aP.B
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 172-183) and index.
505 0 _a1. Theatrical genres and the carnivalesque : art of the theatre -- 2. Theatre in the Arab World : the historical background -- 3. The early comedies of Durayd Lahham and Nihad Qal'i : birth pangs of late satire -- 4. When a gay rogue grows to be a tragic fool : the carnivalesque satires.
520 _aWriting from a socio-historical point of view, the author surveys and discusses the popular theatrical phenomena in the Arab world from the Hellenic period to the beginning of the 21st century. He notes the Eastern carnivalesque folk sources and the tendency toward comedy rather than tragedy.
650 0 _aArabic drama
_zSyria
_xHistory and criticism.
_91006
650 0 _aPolitical plays, Arabic
_zSyria
_xHistory and criticism.
_91007
650 6 _aThéâtre syrien
_xHistoire et critique.
_91008
650 7 _aArabic drama.
_91009
650 7 _aPolitical plays, Arabic.
_91010
650 7 _aPolitisches Theater
_91011
650 1 7 _aToneel.
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650 1 7 _aPolitieke aspecten.
_91012
651 7 _aSyria.
_91013
651 7 _aSyrien
_91014
651 7 _aMidden-Oosten.
_91015
651 7 _aArabisch.
_91016
648 7 _aGeschichte 1974-1993
_91017
655 7 _aCriticism, interpretation, etc.
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aḤamdān, Masʻūd.
_tPoetics, politics and protest in Arab theatre.
_dBrighton [England] ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2006
_w(OCoLC)607779607
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0514/2005017691.html
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