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Shakespeare and accentism / edited by Adele Lee.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR3091 .S326 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Language.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.
- English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Pronunciation.
- English language.
- English language--Pronunciation by foreign speakers.
- English language--Social aspects.
- Accents and accentuation in the theater.
- Voice in literature.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- English language--Early modern--Pronunciation.
- Language and languages.
- Theater.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 222 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- Summary:
- "This collection explores the consequences of accentism in the Shakespeare industry across languages and cultures, past and present"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. "Accents yet unknown": In Search of Shakespeare's Foreign Accents / Ema Vyroubalova
- 2. "The strangers' case": Accenting Shakespeare's "ESL Characters" / Matthew Davies
- 3. All One Mutual Cry: The Myth of Standard Accents in Shakespearean Performance / Ronan Paterson
- 4. How Should Shakespeare Sound?: Actors and the Journey from OP to RP / Alec Paterson
- 5. Accentism, Anglocentrism, and Multilingualism in South African Shakespeares / Chris Thurman
- 6. "What doth your speech import?" The Implication of Accents in Indian Shakespeares / Koel Chatterjee
- 7. "What country, friends, is this?": The Indian Accent versus Received Pronunciation in Productions of Twelfth Night / Taarini Mookherjee
- 8. "Rackers of Orthography"? Speaking Shakespeare in "Engrish" / Adele Lee
- 9. Alien Accents: Signifying the Shakespearean Other in Audio Performances / Douglas M. Lanier.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780367676735
- 0367676737
- 9780367676766
- 0367676761
- OCLC:
- 1197721306
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