02412nam 2200529 a 450 991077746040332120230617040114.01-281-29803-497866112980361-84714-199-4(CKB)1000000000415752(EBL)436398(OCoLC)228871557(MiAaPQ)EBC436398(Au-PeEL)EBL436398(CaPaEBR)ebr10224722(CaONFJC)MIL129803(OCoLC)893334159(EXLCZ)99100000000041575220040604d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Perverse Midrash[electronic resource] Oscar Wilde, André Gide, and censorship of biblical drama /Katherine Brown DowneyNew York Continuumc20041 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8264-1621-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-171) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: ""Half Biblical, Half Pornographic""; Act I: Cultural Dialogues; Act II: Interpretive Monologues; Epilogue: ""Perverse Midrashim""; Works Cited; IndexOscar Wilde's Salome and Andre Gide's Saul have been considered critically in the traditional contexts of authorial oeuvre, biography, or "thought." These plays have been treated with embarrassed respect, dealt with only because of the importance of their authors. That Wilde and Gide made use of biblical material seems to discomfit their critics; that they had done so at a time when biblical drama was prohibited has rarely been addressed. Traditional critical treatments seek to smooth over the plays' aberrant qualities. This study takes them seriously as aberrations and investigates Wilde's anBible playsHistory and criticismBible playsCensorshipReligion and literatureTheaterCensorshipBible playsHistory and criticism.Bible playsCensorship.Religion and literature.TheaterCensorship.822/.8Downey Katherine Brown1560423MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777460403321Perverse Midrash3826374UNINA