Antipodal Shakespeare: Remembering and Forgetting in Britain, Australia and New Zealand, 1916 - 2016
Antipodal Shakespeare: Remembering and Forgetting in Britain, Australia and New Zealand, 1916 - 2016
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The Shakespeare Tercentenary was a significant moment in the history of Shakespeare's place in national and global culture, but much has been forgotten. This book offers new archival discoveries and interpretations of the celebrations in Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, and reflects on the long legacy of those celebrations. Five scholars from these countries assess the modes of commemoration of Shakespeare across the hemispheres in and after the Tercentenary year of 1916, when 'global Shakespeare first emerged in recognizable form.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 22 August 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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. 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.
Weight: 266g
Dimension: 128 x 198 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350126541
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