South African essays on "universal" Shakespeare

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Author:

Thurman, Christopher, 1979- editor.

ISBN:

9781472415769

Physical Description:

xxi, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents:

Generation S : "southern" Shakespeares across time and space / Chris Thurman -- "Universal" Will. On being human / Natasha Distiller -- Shakespeare without borders / Sandra Young -- "Many in one": on Shakespeare, language and translation / Pier Paolo Frassinelli -- Shakespeare, mediated. Foxe and the fat man, Shakespeare and the Jesuit: Oldcastle revisited / Victor Houliston -- "I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks": playing with Richard III / Chris Thurman -- Traditions of English criticism: Shakespeare's late plays in the early twentieth century / Brian Pearce -- Butler's Shakespeare reconsidered. Shakespeare's dramatic vision / Guy Butler -- Shakespeare, Daniel and Augustus Caesar: kingdoms in Antony and Cleopatra / Guy Butler -- Butler's Lear / Laurence Wright.

Abstract:

South African Essays on 'Universal' Shakespeare reflects the changing nature of Shakespeare studies across various 'generation gaps'. Each essay, in exploring the nuances of Shakespearean production and reception across time and space, is inflected by a South African connection. Investigating the universality of Shakespeare from both implicitly and explicitly 'southern' perspectives, the book presents new possibilities for considering (and reassessing) shifting manifestations of Shakespeare's work across the global North and South.

Personal Subject:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616-Study and teaching-South Africa.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616-Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616-Appreciation-South Africa.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. (NL-LeOCL)068478445

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Thurman, Christopher, 1979-

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South African Essays on 'Universal' Shakespeare collects new scholarship and extant (but previously unpublished) material, reflecting the changing nature of Shakespeare studies across various 'generation gaps'. Each essay, in exploring the nuances of Shakespearean production and reception across time and space, is inflected by a South African connection. In some cases, this is simply because of the author's nationality or institutional affiliation; in others, there is a direct engagement with what Shakespeare means, or has meant, in South Africa. By investigating the universality of Shakespeare from both implicitly and explicitly 'southern' perspectives, the book presents new possibilities for considering (and reassessing) shifting manifestations of Shakespeare's work in major Shakespearean 'centres' such as Britain and the United States, as well as across the global North and South.