Perverse Midrash : Oscar Wilde, Andre Gide, and censorship of biblical drama / Katherine Brown Downey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Downey, Katherine Brown.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Salomé.

Wilde, Oscar.

Salome (Biblical figure)--In literature.

Salome.

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900--Censorship.

Gide, André, 1869-1951--Censorship.

Gide, André.

Saul, King of Israel--In literature.

Saul.

Gide, Andre, 1869-1951. Saul.

Gide, Andre.

Bible--In literature.

Bible.

Bible plays--History and criticism.

Bible plays.

Bible plays--Censorship.

Religion and literature.

Theater--Censorship.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, c2004.

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

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: ""Half Biblical, Half Pornographic""; Act I: Cultural Dialogues; Act II: Interpretive Monologues; Epilogue: ""Perverse Midrashim""; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-171) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-29803-4

9786611298036

1-84714-199-4

OCLC:

228871557