Globalization, Nationalism and the Text of Kichaka-Vadha - The First English Translation of Marathi Anticolonial Classic, With

Informationen zum Autor Rakesh H. Solomon teaches in the Department of Theatre and Drama and the India Studies Program at Indiana University Bloomington. He is the author of 'Albee in Performance' (Indiana University Press, 2010) and has published widely on both American theatre as well as South Asian theatre.  Klappentext This volume offers the first English translation of one of India's most celebrated works of anticolonial resistance. It is also the first edition of the play to provide an extensive historical-critical commentary and to draw on a comprehensive range of colonial archival documents. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I: Globalization, Nationalism and Theatre in British India: The Historical Terrain of 'Kichaka-Vadha'; Part II: Kichaka-Vadha, or The Slaying of Kichaka; A Note on the Translation; List of Characters; Act One; Act Two; Act Three; Act Four; Act Five; Key Terms; Index

Product details

• Authors: Rakesh H. Solomon
• Assisted by: Rakesh H. Solomon (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2014
• EAN: 9781783082650
• ISBN: 978-1-78308-265-0
• No. of pages: 178
• Series: Anthem South Asian Studies; Anthem Studies in Theatre and Performance
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; DRAMA / Ancient & Classical, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights