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Shakespeare in China / Murray J. Levith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levith, Murray J., author.
- 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.
- Theater--China--History.
- Theater.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (173 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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 con
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 The Early History of Shakespeare in China; 2 Shakespeare and Mao, 1 October 1949-1966; 3 The Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution; 4 After the Cultural Revolution, 1976-2000; 5 Shakespeare in Hong Kong and Taiwan; 6 Shakespeare and Confucius; 7 The Paradox of Shakespeare in the New China; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [139]-146) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611298746
- 9781472555274
- 1472555279
- 9781281298744
- 1281298743
- 9781847142252
- 1847142257
- OCLC:
- 290594078
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