Shakespeare in China / Murray J. Levith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levith, Murray J.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--China.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Translations into Chinese--History and criticism.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Appreciation--China.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Theater--China--History.

Theater.

China.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 156 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2004.

Summary:

Shakespeare in China provides English language readers with a comprehensive sense of China's past and on-going encounter with Shakespeare. It offers a detailed history of twentieth-century Sino-Shakespeare from the beginnings to 1949, followed by more recent accounts of the playwright in the People's Republic, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The study pays particular attention to translation, criticism and theatrical productions and highlights Shakespeare's fate during the turbulent political times of modern China. Chapters on Shakespeare and Confucius and The Paradox of Shakespeare in the New China consider the playwright in the context of 'old' and 'new' Chinese ideologies. Bringing together hard to find materials in both English and Chinese, it builds upon and extends past research on its subject.

Contents:

1 The Early History of Shakespeare in China 1

2 Shakespeare and Mao, 1 October 1949-1966 24

3 The Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution 42

4 After the Cultural Revolution, 1976-2000 55

5 Shakespeare in Hong Kong and Taiwan 93

6 Shakespeare and Confucius 114

7 The Paradox of Shakespeare in the New China 128.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [139]-146) and index.

ISBN:

0826461379

OCLC:

53183275