| Darkness and Desire, 1804-1864 Contributor(s): Brandon, James R. (Editor), Leiter, Samuel L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0824824555 ISBN-13: 9780824824556 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $49.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2002 Annotation: The third volume in a monumental new series -- the first collection of kabuki play translations to be published in nearly a quarter of a century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Asian - General |
| Dewey: 895.620 |
| LCCN: 2001027912 |
| Physical Information: 1.16" H x 7.42" W x 10.1" (2.67 lbs) 414 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Darkness and Desire, 1804-1864, is the third volume in a monumental new series-the first collection of kabuki play translations to be published in nearly a quarter of a century. Fifty-one plays, published in four volumes, vividly trace kabuki's changing relations to Japanese society during the premodern era. The fourteen plays translated in Volume 3, Darkness and Desire, 1804-1864, mark an extreme point in the development of kabuki dramaturgy. The plays are remarkable, even within kabuki, for their intense theatricality, gutsy individualism of character, cold-blooded and ferocious violence, realism pushed into fantasy and grotesquery, novelty for its own sake, sexual aggressiveness, and assertion of female will. The plays depict a society in extremis, the end of an era, a time often marked by unmitigated darkness and desire. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brandon, James R.: - James R. Brandon is emeritus professor of Asian theatre at the University of Hawai'i.Leiter, Samuel L.: - Samuel L. Leiter is distinguished professor of theatre at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and also teaches at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. |