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1 online resource (xi, 180 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-171) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Prologue: "Half Biblical, Half Pornographic"; Act I: Cultural Dialogues; Act II: Interpretive Monologues; Epilogue: "Perverse Midrashim"; Works Cited; Index. |
| Summary |
Oscar 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. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Salomé.
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Salome (Biblical figure) -- In literature.
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Salome (Biblical figure) |
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Censorship.
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. |
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Censorship. |
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Gide, André, 1869-1951 -- Censorship.
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Gide, André, 1869-1951. |
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Saul, King of Israel -- In literature.
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Saul, King of Israel. |
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Gide, André, 1869-1951. Saül.
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Bible -- In literature.
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Bible. |
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Salomé. |
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Censure. |
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Gide, André, 1869-1951. Saül. |
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Gide, André, 1869-1951 -- Censure. |
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Wilde, Oscar. Salomé. |
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Gide, André. Saül. |
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Bible plays -- History and criticism.
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Bible plays. |
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Bible plays -- Censorship.
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Religion and literature.
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Religion and literature. |
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Theater -- Censorship.
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Theater -- Censorship. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Downey, Katherine Brown. Perverse Midrash. New York : Continuum, ©2004 0826416225 9780826416223 (DLC) 2004013141 (OCoLC)55645008 |
| ISBN |
9781847141996 (electronic book) |
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1847141994 (electronic book) |
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1281298034 |
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9781281298034 |
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0826416225 (paperback) |
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0826416217 (hardcover) |
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9780826416223 (paperback) |
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9780826416216 (hardcover) |
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