SHAFFER’S AMADEUS: A DRAMATIC RE-WRITING OF HISTORY
SHAFFER’S AMADEUS: A DRAMATIC RE-WRITING OF HISTORY
Author(s): Sabbar S. SultanSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: art; creativity; rivalry; evil; human nature
Summary/Abstract: The present paper is an attempt to explore the drama of the contemporary English dramatist Peter Shaffer (b. 1926) with a particular reference to his Amadeus (1981) and his historicist reading of the historical rivalry between the two composers (Mozart and Salieri) and its vast artistic and thematic implications
Journal: Economics, Management, and Financial Markets
- Issue Year: 6/2011
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 586-602
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English
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