Sentence to Hope: A Sa'dallah Wannous Reader (The Margellos World Republic of Letters)

By: Sa'dallah Wannous

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Synopsis: The first major English-language collection of plays and essays by Syrian playwright Sa'dallah WannousSa'dallah Wannous is acknowledged to be one of the Arab world’s most significant playwrights, writers, and intellectuals of the twentieth century. This is the first major English-language collection that brings together his most significant plays and essays. Selections include the groundbreaking 1969 play An Evening’s Entertainment for the Fifth of June, a scathing indictment of the duplicity of Arab leaders during the 1967 War, as well as Wannous’s most celebrated play, Rituals of Signs and Transformations, a bold treatment of homosexuality, prostitution, clerical corruption, and the quest for female liberation. In addition to his work as a playwright, Wannous, like Brecht, was an astute theatrical and cultural critic, and his essays, some of which are included here, offer shrewd diagnoses of the ills of Arab society and the essential role of theater in ameliorating them.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780300245479
Related ISBNs:: 9780300221343
Publisher:: Yale University Press
Date of Addition:: 04/14/19
Copyrighted By:: Yale University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Translator:: Robert Myers
Translator:: Nada Saab