The Dybbuk Century: The Jewish Play That Possessed the World by Caplan, Debra

The Dybbuk Century: The Jewish Play That Possessed the World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780472076437)

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The Dybbuk Century: The Jewish Play That Possessed the World by Caplan, Debra

The Dybbuk Century: The Jewish Play That Possessed the World

$90.00
The Dybbuk Century: The Jewish Play That Possessed the World by Caplan, Debra

The Dybbuk Century: The Jewish Play That Possessed the World

$90.00
Format: Hardcover
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A little over 100 years ago, the first production of An-sky's The Dybbuk, a play about the possession of a young woman by a dislocated spirit, opened in Warsaw. In the century that followed, The Dybbuk became a theatrical conduit for a wide range of discourses about Jews, belonging, and modernity. This timeless Yiddish play about spiritual possession beyond the grave would go on to exert a remarkable and unforgettable impact on modern theater, film, literature, music, and culture.

The Dybbuk Century collects essays from an interdisciplinary group of scholars who explore the play's original Yiddish and Hebrew productions and offer critical reflections on the play's enduring influence. The collection will appeal to scholars, students, and theater practitioners, as well as general readers.

Author: Debra Caplan
ISBN-10: 0472076434
ISBN-13: 9780472076437
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Language: English
Published: 10/11/2023
Pages: 306
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.00d
By Debra Caplan
By Debra Caplan
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Debra Caplan is Associate Professor of Theatre at the Graduate Center and Baruch College, City University of New York.
Rachel Merrill Moss is Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater at Colgate University.

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