Editors:
- 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
Part of the book series: Reproducing Shakespeare (RESH)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Myths of Linguistic Transcendence, Authenticity, Universality
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Myths of Local Identities and Global Icons
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Myths of Political Shakespeare
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Shakespeare as Myth in Commercial and Popular Culture
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About this book
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Editors and Affiliations
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University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Aneta Mancewicz
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George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
Alexa Alice Joubin
About the editors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Local and Global Myths in Shakespearean Performance
Editors: Aneta Mancewicz, Alexa Alice Joubin
Series Title: Reproducing Shakespeare
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89851-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89850-6Published: 20 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07876-8Published: 30 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-89851-3Published: 08 August 2018
Series ISSN: 2730-9304
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9312
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 271
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Comparative Literature, Postcolonial/World Literature