Screen LibraryShakespeare & commemoration /
"Memory and commemoration play a vital role not only in the work of Shakespeare, but also in the process that has made him a world author. As the contributors of this collection demonstrate, the phenomenon of commemoration has no single approach, as it occurs on many levels, has a long history,...
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| Group Author: | ; |
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Berghahn Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Shakespeare & ;
volume 2 |
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| Summary: |
"Memory and commemoration play a vital role not only in the work of Shakespeare, but also in the process that has made him a world author. As the contributors of this collection demonstrate, the phenomenon of commemoration has no single approach, as it occurs on many levels, has a long history, and is highly unpredictable in its manifestations. With an international focus and a comparative scope that explores the afterlives also of other artists, this volume shows the diverse modes of commemorative practices involving Shakespeare. Delving into these "cultures of commemoration," it presents k |
| Carrier Form: | vi, 153 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781789202465 1789202469 9781789202472 1789202477 |
| Index Number: | PR3069 |
| CLC: | I561.073 |
| Call Number: | I561.073/S527-78 |
| Contents: | Introduction : Shakespeare and the cultures of commemoration / Ton Hoenselaars And Clara Calvo -- Acting as an epitaph : performing commemoration in the Shakespearean history play / Emily Shortslef -- From jubilee to gala : remembrance and ritual commemoration / Robert Sawyer -- Shakespeare remembered / Graham Holderness -- American Shakespeare clubs and commemoration / Katherine Scheil -- Shakespeare and 'native Americans' : forging identities through the 1916 Shakespeare tercentenary / Monika Smialkowska -- The disciplines of war, memory, and writing : Shakespeare's Henry V and David Jones |