Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999

Mittelalter-Rezeption im zeitgenössischen Musiktheater

Katalog und Fallstudien

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Medieval subjects have played a significant role in the history of opera and musical theater. Since 1945 over 350 works have been set in the Middle Ages or demonstrate a reception of medieval topics or events. These are catalogued with …

Conflicting Narratives: War, Trauma and Memory in Iraqi Culture

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This volume deals with the Iraqi cultural production under and after Baathist rule, a research field which, in comparison to Iraqi history and politics, has attracted relatively scant scholarly attention. The contributors depict the impact of dictatorship, sanctions, and successive …

Palästinensische Autobiographien

Unsere Situation schuf unsere Erinnerungen

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The history of Palestine is one written by others, Roman and Arab conquerors, Ottoman and British rulers, and today a Zionist shadow looms. As if finally realizing that claims to territory demand a claim to history, following the defeat of …

Commitment and Beyond

Reflections on/of the Political in Arabic Literature since the 1940s

This book is about relations between literature, society and politics in the Arab world. It is an attempt to come to terms with the changing conceptualizations of the political in Arabic literature in recent modern history. It examines historical and …