Great Shakespeareans offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally.
In this volume, leading scholars assess the contribution of Peter Hall, Peter Brook, Yukio Ninagawa and Robert Lepage to the afterlife and reception of Shakespeare and his plays. Each substantial contribution assesses the double impact of Shakespeare on the figure covered and of the figure on the understanding, interpretation and appreciation of Shakespeare, provide a sketch of their subject's intellectual and professional biography and an account of the wider cultural context, including comparison with other figures or works within the same field.
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Series Preface (Peter Holland, University of Notre Dame, USA and Adrian Poole, University of Cambridge, UK)
Introduction (Peter Holland, University of Notre Dame, USA)
1. Peter Brook (Peter Holland, University of Notre Dame, USA)
2. Peter Hall (Stuart Hampton-Reeves, University of Central Lancashire, UK)
3. Yukio Ninagawa (Alexa Huang, George Washington University in Washington, D.C)
4. Robert Lepage (Margaret Jane Kidnie, University of Western Ontario, Canada and Jane Freeman, University of Toronto, Canada)
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
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A comprehensive critical analysis of the most important Shakespearean critics, editors, actors and directors.
comprehensive critical analysis - with more in-depth coverage than in other reference sources - of the most important Shakespearean critics, editors, actors and directors
Great Shakespeareans cover the contributions made by the most important Shakespearean critics, editors, actors and thinkers from the seventeenth to the twentieth century.
With world class contributors and editors, the series is a unique contribution to Shakespeare Studies, assessing both the impact of Shakespeare on the figures discussed, and the importance of the figures to our understanding of Shakespeare.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781441134653
Publisert
2013-10-24
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Vekt
443 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
G, U, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
192
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