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Revenge Drama in European Renaissance and Japanese Theatre: From Hamlet to Madame Butterfly

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
0230602894, 9780230602892
Open Library ID
OL10194790M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1119751 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
300\300
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Revenge Drama in European Renaissance and Japanese Theatre is a collection of essays that both explores the tradition of revenge drama in Japan and compares that tradition with that in European Renaissance drama. Why are the two great plays of each tradition, plays regarded as defining their nations and eras, Kanadehon Chushingura and Hamlet, both revenge plays? What do the revenge dramas of Europe and Japan tell us about the periods that produced them and how have they been modernized to speak to contemporary audiences?  By interrogating the manifestation of evil women, ghosts, satire, parody, and censorship, contributors such as Leonard Pronko, J. Thomas Rimer, Carol Sorgenfrei, Laurence Kominz explore these issues.

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