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

By:

Badawi, Muhammad Mustafa

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge. : Cambridge University Press, c1987.Description: viii, 246 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780521020732 (pbk.)
0521020735 (pbk.)

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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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Library First Floor	PJ8211.B33 1987 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	12075
Books	Library First Floor	PJ8211.B33 1987 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available	12071

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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