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Modern Arabic drama in Egypt / M.M. Badawi.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge. : Cambridge University Press, c1987.Description: viii, 246 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521020732 (pbk.)
  • 0521020735 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PJ8211 .B33 1987
Contents:
1. Introduction; 2. Tawfiq al-Hakim; 2. Al-Hakim's successors; 4. Post-revolution drama: the new wave of dramatists; 5. Verse drama; 6. Epilogue.
Summary: This book is the first critical survey of modern Egyptian drama during the period of its maturity from the 1930s to the present day. A discussion of the work of Tawfiq al-Hakim is followed by an examination of the less experimental plays of his successors, Mahmud Taymur, Bakathir and Fathi Radwan.
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Originally published: 1987

Includes bibliography (p. 231-239) and index.

1. Introduction; 2. Tawfiq al-Hakim; 2. Al-Hakim's successors; 4. Post-revolution drama: the new wave of dramatists; 5. Verse drama; 6. Epilogue.

This book is the first critical survey of modern Egyptian drama during the period of its maturity from the 1930s to the present day. A discussion of the work of Tawfiq al-Hakim is followed by an examination of the less experimental plays of his successors, Mahmud Taymur, Bakathir and Fathi Radwan.

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