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Shakespeare's World/world Shakespeares
. Ed(S): Fotheringham, Richard; Jansohn, Christa; White, R. S.
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Description for Shakespeare's World/world Shakespeares
Hardback. Editor(s): Fotheringham, Richard; Jansohn, Christa; White, R. S. Series: The World Shakespeare Congress Proceedings. Num Pages: 436 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 29. Weight in Grams: 794.
This collection offers twenty-nine essays by many of the world's major scholars of the extraordinary diversity and richness of Shakespeare studies today. It ranges from examinations of the society William Shakespeare himself lived in, to recent films, plays, novels, and operatic adaptations for adults and children in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East. It opens with a Prologue by the former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, describing how reading the Collected Works of Shakespeare inspired and helped him survive six years as a political prisoner, while the Epilogue is delivered by the major novelist ... Read more
This collection offers twenty-nine essays by many of the world's major scholars of the extraordinary diversity and richness of Shakespeare studies today. It ranges from examinations of the society William Shakespeare himself lived in, to recent films, plays, novels, and operatic adaptations for adults and children in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East. It opens with a Prologue by the former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, describing how reading the Collected Works of Shakespeare inspired and helped him survive six years as a political prisoner, while the Epilogue is delivered by the major novelist ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
Series
The World Shakespeare Congress Proceedings
Number of Pages
436
Place of Publication
Delaware, United States
ISBN
9781611493269
SKU
V9781611493269
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About . Ed(S): Fotheringham, Richard; Jansohn, Christa; White, R. S.
Richard Fotheringham is professor of theatre studies at the University of Queensland. Christa Jansohn is chair of British studies and director of the Centre for British Studies, Otto Friedrich University, Bamberg, Germany. R. S. White is an Australian professorial fellow and professor of English and cultural studies at the University of Western Australia.
Reviews for Shakespeare's World/world Shakespeares
This rich collection of 27 papers is book-ended by a prologue and epilogue which demonstrate the depth and diversity of work on Shakespeare presented at the International Shakespeare Association Conference in Brisbane in 2006. . . . It is impossible to comment here on all the papers, but they truly reflect the internationalization of Shakespeare. . . . This collection ... Read more