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UNINA9910785725903321 |
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Autore |
Foley Helene P. <1942-> |
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Re-imagining Greek tragedy on the American stage [[electronic resource] /] / Helene P. Foley |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 |
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Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, : University of California Press, 2012 |
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1-283-62280-7 |
0-520-95365-7 |
9780520953659 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 Online-Ressource (XV, 375 Seiten) |
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Collana |
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Sather classical lectures ; ; 70. |
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Greek drama - History and criticism |
Theater - United States - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-361) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- One. Greek Tragedy Finds an American Audience -- Two. Making Total Theater in America -- Three. Democratizing Greek Tragedy -- Four. Reenvisioning the Hero -- Five. Reimagining Medea as American Other -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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This book explores the emergence of Greek tragedy on the American stage from the nineteenth century to the present. Despite the gap separating the world of classical Greece from our own, Greek tragedy has provided a fertile source for some of the most innovative American theater. Helene P. Foley shows how plays like Oedipus Rex and Medea have resonated deeply with contemporary concerns and controversies-over war, slavery, race, the status of women, religion, identity, and immigration. Although Greek tragedy was often initially embraced for its melodramatic possibilities, by the twentieth century it became a vehicle not only for major developments in the history of American theater and dance, but also for exploring critical tensions in American cultural and political life. Drawing on a wide range of sources-archival, video, interviews, and reviews-Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage provides the most comprehensive treatment of the |
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UNINA9910954199003321 |
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Autore |
Nuʻmān ibn Muḥammad Abū Ḥanīfah -974 |
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The Epistle of the eloquent clarification concerning the refutation of Ibn Qutayba / / al-Qadi al-Nu'man b. Muhammad ; critical edition with an introduction by Avraham Hakim |
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Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2012 |
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9786613675576 |
9781280698613 |
1280698616 |
9789004216662 |
9004216669 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (216 pages) |
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Islamic history and civilization, , 0929-2403 ; ; v. 90 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Islamic law |
Ismailites |
Islam - Doctrines |
Pillars of Islam |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material / Avraham Hakim -- Introduction / Avraham Hakim -- Abbreviations and Bibliography / Avraham Hakim -- Arabic Text with References and Index / Avraham Hakim. |
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This is an edition of an early Shiite/Fatimid Arabic epistle that includes a controversy pertaining to several issues on Islamic law. Al-Qadi al-Nu'man (d. 363/974), the most famoust jurist of the early Fatimid period refutes the illustrious Ibn Qutayba (d. 276/889). In his book Adab al-Katib, Ibn Qutayba claimed that it was enough for civil servants (kuttab) to memorize a few legal formulas in order to be able to effectively do their work without the need of long dissertations on law from jurists. In the introduction to his epistle, al-Nu'man claims that |
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without these dissertations the civil servants would not be able to apply the law correctly. Following this, al-Nu'man launches lengthy dissertations on each one of the succinct formulas listed by Ibn Qutayba. The main argument of al-Nu'man is that the only lawgivers in Islam are the prophet Muhammad and the Imams descendents of Ali (until the seventh Imam). |
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