LEADER 02412nam 2200529 a 450 001 9910777460403321 005 20230617040114.0 010 $a1-281-29803-4 010 $a9786611298036 010 $a1-84714-199-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000415752 035 $a(EBL)436398 035 $a(OCoLC)228871557 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436398 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436398 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10224722 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL129803 035 $a(OCoLC)893334159 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000415752 100 $a20040604d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aPerverse Midrash$b[electronic resource] $eOscar Wilde, Andre? Gide, and censorship of biblical drama /$fKatherine Brown Downey 210 $aNew York $cContinuum$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8264-1621-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 161-171) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: ""Half Biblical, Half Pornographic""; Act I: Cultural Dialogues; Act II: Interpretive Monologues; Epilogue: ""Perverse Midrashim""; Works Cited; Index 330 $aOscar 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 an 606 $aBible plays$xHistory and criticism 606 $aBible plays$xCensorship 606 $aReligion and literature 606 $aTheater$xCensorship 615 0$aBible plays$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aBible plays$xCensorship. 615 0$aReligion and literature. 615 0$aTheater$xCensorship. 676 $a822/.8 700 $aDowney$b Katherine Brown$01560423 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777460403321 996 $aPerverse Midrash$93826374 997 $aUNINA