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Latin American Shakespeares
. Ed(S): Kliman, Bernice W.; Santos, Rick J.
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Description for Latin American Shakespeares
Hardback. Editor(s): Kliman, Bernice W.; Santos, Rick J. Num Pages: 347 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
The subjects of the essays in Latin American Shakespeares range from the nineteenth century through the present; from high- to middle- to low-brow stories, plays, films, and poems; from Mexico to Argentina, Chile, Cuba, the U.S. barrio, and diverse sections of Brazil; from artists deservedly famous to artists undeservedly obscure. Shakespeare in Latin America is often implicated in struggles for power - tangentially or directly - and therefore swells the story of world wide political Shakespeare. For Latin American artists, the Shakespearean legacy is available for co-optation not only through parody, adaptation, and both reverent and irreverent (re)creation but also ... Read more
The subjects of the essays in Latin American Shakespeares range from the nineteenth century through the present; from high- to middle- to low-brow stories, plays, films, and poems; from Mexico to Argentina, Chile, Cuba, the U.S. barrio, and diverse sections of Brazil; from artists deservedly famous to artists undeservedly obscure. Shakespeare in Latin America is often implicated in struggles for power - tangentially or directly - and therefore swells the story of world wide political Shakespeare. For Latin American artists, the Shakespearean legacy is available for co-optation not only through parody, adaptation, and both reverent and irreverent (re)creation but also ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
347
Condition
New
Number of Pages
347
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611473063
SKU
V9781611473063
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About . Ed(S): Kliman, Bernice W.; Santos, Rick J.
Bernice W. Kliman is professor emeritus at Nassau Community College, State University of New York. Rick J. Santos is assistant professor of English at Nassau Community College, State University of New York.
Reviews for Latin American Shakespeares
Although much of the material in this book will be new to most people in the English speaking world with an interest in Shakespeare, it is an invaluable addition to our understanding of the ways in Shakespeare adaptation works.
Literature/ Film Quarterly
This is an extraordinary book.
Luso-Brazilian Review
Literature/ Film Quarterly
This is an extraordinary book.
Luso-Brazilian Review