Local and Global Myths in Shakespearean Performance
Editors: Mancewicz, Aneta, Joubin, Alexa Alice (Eds.)
Free Preview- Brings together global studies on Shakespeare appropriation
- Highlights common myth-making across regions and countries
- Examines Shakespeare myths in context of political and historical events
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This collection of scholarly essays offers a new understanding of local and global myths that have been constructed around Shakespeare in theatre, cinema, and television from the nineteenth century to the present. Drawing on a definition of myth as a powerful ideological narrative, Local and Global Myths in Shakespearean Performance examines historical, political, and cultural conditions of Shakespearean performances in Europe, Asia, and North and South America. The first part of this volume offers a theoretical introduction to Shakespeare as myth from a twenty-first century perspective. The second part critically evaluates myths of linguistic transcendence, authenticity, and universality within broader European, neo-liberal, and post-colonial contexts. The study of local identities and global icons in the third part uncovers dynamic relationships between regional, national, and transnational myths of Shakespeare. The fourth part revises persistent narratives concerning a political potential of Shakespeare’s plays in communist and post-communist countries. Finally, part five explores the influence of commercial and popular culture on Shakespeare myths. Michael Dobson’s Afterword concludes the volume by locating Shakespeare within classical mythology and contemporary concerns.
- About the authors
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Aneta Mancewicz is Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham, UK. She works on Shakespearean performance, intermediality, and European theatre. Her book publications include Intermedial Shakespeares on European Stages (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) and Biedny Hamlet [Poor Hamlet] (2010).
Alexa Alice Joubin is Professor of English at George Washington University, USA where she serves as founding Co-director of the Digital Humanities Institute. She held the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Global Shakespeare at Queen Mary University of London and University of Warwick, UK. At Middlebury College, she holds the John M. Kirk, Jr. Chair in Medieval and Renaissance Literature.
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“This ground-breaking collection encompasses Shakespeare performances on stage and screen across the globe, and in a wide range of linguistic and geographical settings. It addresses the varieties of cultural and ideological work that productions, adaptations, versions and translation undertake, and is always alert to the active, participatory role of their audiences in the making of Shakespearean meanings.” (Robert Shaughnessy, Professor of Theatre, Guildford School of Acting University of Surrey, UK)
- Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-21
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“Europe Speaks Shakespeare”: Karin Beier’s 1996 A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Multilingual Performance and the Myth of Shakespeare’s Linguistic Transcendence
Pages 25-39
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The Myth of Shakespearean Authenticity: Neoliberalism and Humanistic Shakespeare
Pages 41-55
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Shamanistic Shakespeare: Korea’s Colonization of Hamlet
Pages 57-73
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Ludwig Tieck and the Development of the Romantic Myth of a “German Shakespeare”
Pages 77-92
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Local and Global Myths in Shakespearean Performance
- Editors
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- Aneta Mancewicz
- Alexa Alice Joubin
- Series Title
- Reproducing Shakespeare
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-89851-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-89851-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-89850-6
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 271
- Number of Illustrations
- 7 b/w illustrations
- Topics
