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03635aam a2200421 i 4500 001 198E8D70F5D511E7B33F7C0497128E48 003 SILO 005 20180110010212 008 160317t20162016onca b 000 d eng 020 $a 0776623273 020 $a 9780776623276 035 $a (OCoLC)945583343 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c NLC $d CDX $d LTSCA $d YOU $d UAB $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d STF $d OCLCF $d BDX $d FXR $d DCK $d OCLCQ $d NUI $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 043 $a n-cn-bc $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-cn-bc 050 4 $a PQ3919.A34 $b G83 2016 055 00 $a PS8501 I45 $b G63 2016 082 04 $a C812/.52 $2 23 100 1 $a Aikins, Carroll, $d 1888-1967, $e author. 245 14 $a The god of gods : $b a Canadian play / $c by Carroll Aikins ; edited and with an introduction by Kailin Wright. 250 $a A critical edition. 264 1 $a Ottawa : $b University of Ottawa Press, $c [2016] 300 $a xlvii, 138 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a Canadian literature collection 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "This critical edition not only revives the work for readers and scholars alike, it also provides historical context for Aikins's often overlooked contributions to theatre in the 1920s and presents research on the different staging techniques in the play's productions. Much of the play's historical significance lies in Aikins's vital role in Canadian theatre, as director of the Home Theatre in British Columbia (1920 22) and artistic director of Toronto's Hart House Theatre (1927 29). Wright reveals The God of Gods as a modernist Canadian work with overt influences from European and American modernisms. Aikins's work has been compared to European modernists Gordon Craig, Adolphe Appia, and Jacques Copeau. Importantly, he was also intimately connected with modernist Canadian artists and the Group of Seven (who painted the scenery for Hart House Theatre). The God of Gods contributes to current studies of theatrical modernism by exposing the primitivist aesthetics and theosophical beliefs promoted by some of Canada's art circles at the turn of the twentieth century. Whereas Aikins is clearly progressive in his political critique of materialism and organized religion, he presents a conservative dramatization of the noble savage as hero. The critical introduction examines how The God of Gods engages with Nietzschean and theosophical philosophies in order to dramatize an Aboriginal lover-artist figure that critiques religious idols, materialism, and violence. Ultimately, The God of Gods offers a look into how English and Canadian theatre audiences responded to primitivism, theatrical modernism, and theosophical tenets during the 1920s."-- $c Provided by publisher. 530 $a Issued also in electronic format. 600 10 $a Aikins, Carroll. $t God of gods. 650 0 $a Canadian drama $y 20th century. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019378 650 0 $a Canadian drama. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019377 650 7 $a Canadian drama. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00845094 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Drama. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423879 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423879 700 1 $a Wright, Kailin, $e editor. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016166979 776 1 $a Aikins, Carroll, 1888-1967, author. $t God of gods. $b A critical edition. $w (CaOONL)20169019780 830 0 $a Canadian literature collection. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008141972 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180110043234.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=198E8D70F5D511E7B33F7C0497128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search