{"product_id":"perverse-midrash-katherine-brown-downey-9780826416223","title":"Perverse Midrash: Oscar Wilde, Andre Gide, and Censorship of Biblical Drama","description":"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 and Gide's claims that these plays are works of faith, by considering them as participating in the history of biblical drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katherine Brown Downey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826416225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826416223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.50d","brand":"Katherine Brown Downey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44919668146431,"sku":"9780826416223","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_213a7441-bde0-49b6-8239-6e0d11a1adba.jpg?v=1710359132","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/perverse-midrash-katherine-brown-downey-9780826416223","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}