Four Hundred Years of Shakespeare in Europe

Four Hundred Years of Shakespeare in Europe
Title Four Hundred Years of Shakespeare in Europe PDF eBook
Author Angel-Luis Pujante
Publisher University of Delaware Press
Pages 304
Release 2003
Genre Drama
ISBN 9780874138122

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The Shakespearean International Yearbook

The Shakespearean International Yearbook
Title The Shakespearean International Yearbook PDF eBook
Author Graham Bradshaw
Publisher Routledge
Pages 286
Release 2017-05-15
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 135196352X

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This eighth volume of The Shakespearean International Yearbook presents a special section on 'European Shakespeares', proceeding from the claim that Shakespeare's literary craft was not just native English or British, but was filtered and fashioned through a Renaissance awareness that needs to be recognized as European, and that has had effects and afterlives across the Continent. Guest editors Ton Hoenselaars and Clara Calvo have constructed this section to highlight both how the spread of 'Shakespeare' throughout Europe has brought together the energies of a wide variety of European cultures across several centuries, and how the inclusion of Shakespeare in European culture has been not only a European but also a world affair. The Shakespearean International Yearbook continues to provide an annual survey of important issues and developments in contemporary Shakespeare studies. Contributors to this issue come from the US and the UK, Spain, Switzerland and South Africa, Canada, The Netherlands, India, Portugal, Greece, France, and Hungary. In addition to the section on European Shakespeares, this volume includes essays on the genre of romance, issues of character, and other topics.

Othello in European Culture

Othello in European Culture
Title Othello in European Culture PDF eBook
Author Elena Bandín Fuertes
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing Company
Pages 284
Release 2022-05-15
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9027257825

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This volume argues that a focus on the European reception of Othello represents an important contribution to critical work on the play. The chapters in this volume examine non-anglophone translations and performances, alternative ways of distinguishing between texts, adaptations and versions, as well as differing perspectives on questions of gender and race. Additionally, a European perspective raises key political questions about power and representation in terms of who speaks for and about Othello, within a European context profoundly divided over questions of immigration, religious, ethnic, gender and sexual difference. The volume illustrates the ways in which Othello has been not only a stimulus but also a challenge for European Shakespeares. It makes clear that the history of the play is inseparable from histories of race, religion and gender and that many engagements with the play have reinforced rather than challenged the social and political prejudices of the period.

Shakespeare in the Nineteenth Century

Shakespeare in the Nineteenth Century
Title Shakespeare in the Nineteenth Century PDF eBook
Author Gail Marshall
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 481
Release 2012-02-16
Genre Drama
ISBN 0521518245

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An illustrated collection of new essays with valuable reference material on the performance and reception of Shakespeare's plays.

Shakespeare in the Romanian Cultural Memory

Shakespeare in the Romanian Cultural Memory
Title Shakespeare in the Romanian Cultural Memory PDF eBook
Author Monica Matei-Chesnoiu
Publisher Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Pages 284
Release 2006
Genre Drama
ISBN 9780838640814

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This book, with a foreword by Arthur F. Kinney, covers the majorissues of the stage history and translation in the negotiation betweenRomanian culture and Shakespeare, raising questions about what aShakespeare play becomes when incorporated in a different andallegedly liminal culture. The study reflects the growingcross-fertilization of approaching Shakespeare in Romaniantranslations, productions, literary adaptations, and criticism, looking atthe way in which Romania's collective cultural memory is constructed, re-examined, and embedded in the adoption of Shakespeare in certainperiods. While it posits the problematics in the historical developmentof Shakespeare's presence in Romanian culture, the study gives adetailed history of the translations and productions of the plays, focusing on the most significant aspects of their literary, social, andpolitical appropriation over the past two centurie

Shakespeare and European Politics

Shakespeare and European Politics
Title Shakespeare and European Politics PDF eBook
Author Dirk Delabastita
Publisher Associated University Presse
Pages 398
Release 2008
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9780874130041

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"This volume's main focus is on the ways in which, over the past 400 years, Shakespeare has played a role of significance within a European framework, particularly where a series of political events and ideologically based developments were concerned, such as the early modern wars of religion, the emergence of "the nation" during the late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the First and Second World Wars, the process of European unification during the 1990s, the attack on the World Trade Center in New York, and Britain's participation in the war in Iraq." "The whole of the collection and particularly the opening section clearly invites a European and even a global perspective." "This book convincingly demonstrates that Shakespeare, both at the level of his meaning in his own time and at that of his reception in later ages, should no longer be studied only in relation to particular nations, but as Dirk Delabastita argues, also at various supranational levels." --Book Jacket.

The Shakespearean World

The Shakespearean World
Title The Shakespearean World PDF eBook
Author Jill L Levenson
Publisher Routledge
Pages 779
Release 2017-03-27
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1317696182

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The Shakespearean World takes a global view of Shakespeare and his works, especially their afterlives. Constantly changing, the Shakespeare central to this volume has acquired an array of meanings over the past four centuries. "Shakespeare" signifies the historical person, as well as the plays and verse attributed to him. It also signifies the attitudes towards both author and works determined by their receptions. Throughout the book, specialists aim to situate Shakespeare’s world and what the world is because of him. In adopting a global perspective, the volume arranges thirty-six chapters in five parts: Shakespeare on stage internationally since the late seventeenth century; Shakespeare on film throughout the world; Shakespeare in the arts beyond drama and performance; Shakespeare in everyday life; Shakespeare and critical practice. Through its coverage, The Shakespearean World offers a comprehensive transhistorical and international view of the ways this Shakespeare has not only influenced but has also been influenced by diverse cultures during 400 years of performance, adaptation, criticism, and citation. While each chapter is a freshly conceived introduction to a significant topic, all of the chapters move beyond the level of survey, suggesting new directions in Shakespeare studies – such as ecology, tourism, and new media – and making substantial contributions to the field. This volume is an essential resource for all those studying Shakespeare, from beginners to advanced specialists.