| Antipodal Shakespeare: Remembering and Forgetting in Britain, Australia and New Zealand, 1916 - 2016 Contributor(s): McMullan, Gordon (Author), Mead, Philip (Author), Ferguson, Ailsa Grant (Author) |
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ISBN: 147427143X ISBN-13: 9781474271431 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $133.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare - Drama | Shakespeare |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| LCCN: 2017027543 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.88 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Despite a recent surge of critical interest in the Shakespeare Tercentenary, a great deal has been forgotten about this key moment in the history of the place of Shakespeare in national and global culture - much more than has been remembered. This book offers new archival discoveries about, and new interpretations of, the Tercentenary celebrations in Britain, Australia and New Zealand and reflects on the long legacy of those celebrations. This collection gathers together five scholars from Britain, Australia and New Zealand to reflect on the modes of commemoration of Shakespeare across the hemispheres in and after the Tercentenary year, 1916. It was at this moment of remembering in 1916 that 'global Shakespeare' first emerged in recognizable form. Each contributor performs their own 'antipodal' reading, assessing in parallel events across two hemispheres, geographically opposite but politically and culturally connected in the wake of empire. |
Contributor Bio(s): McMullan, Gordon: - Gordon McMullan is a professor of English at King's College London, UK.Mead, Philip: - Philip Mead is inaugural Chair of Australian Literature and Director of the Westerly Centre at the University of Western Australia, Australia.Ferguson, Ailsa Grant: - Ailsa Grant Ferguson is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern Literature at the University of Brighton, UK. |