Reconstructing Shakespeare in the Nordic countries : national revival and interwar politics, 1870-1940 / [edited by] Nely Keinänen and Per Sivefors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sivefors, Per, editor.

Keinänen, Nely, editor.

ProQuest ebook central

Series:

Global Shakespeare inverted

Global Shakespeare Inverted

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Appreciation--Scandinavia--History--19th century.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Appreciation--Scandinavia--History--20th century.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, UK : The Arden Shakespeare, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2023].

Contents:

General introduction / (Nely Keinänen and Per Sivefors)

Part I: Shakespeare and Nationalist Revival? Chapter 1: Astraour Eysteinsson (University of Iceland): Sound and Fury

to Begin With: Shakespeare Takes Shape in Icelandic ; Chapter 2: Nely Keinanen (University of Helsinki, Finland): The Role of Women in the Early Transmission of Shakespeare to Finland ; Chapter 3: Pentti Paavolainen (University of Helsinki, Finland): Kaarlo?Bergbom?and the Finnish-Language Shakespeare Tradition: Personal Reactions to German Romanticism ; Chapter 4: Christina Sandhaug (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences): Shakespeare on stage at the Norwegian National Theatre, 1899?1914?

Part II: Shakespeare during and between the wars. Chapter 5: Anne Sophie Refskou (University of Surrey, UK): Endings and Beginnings in Elsinore ; Chapter 6: Svenn-Arve Myklebost (Volda University College, Norway): Shakespeare, Nynorsk and the Nordic Spirit of Freedom: Henrik Rytter's Shakespeare translations (1932-3) ; Chapter 7: Robert E. Sawyer (East Tennessee State University, USA): Kronborg Castle and Hamlet : a Posthumanist Perspective ; Chapter 8: Per Sivefors (Linnaeus University, Sweden): 'A great interpreter of modern life': Eyvind Johnson and the Primitivist Rejection of Hamlet Afterword: Michael Dobson (Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK)

Appendix: Timeline of Nordic Shakespeare, part 2

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

Print version: RECONSTRUCTING SHAKESPEARE IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES NATIONAL REVIVAL AND.

ISBN:

9781350251281

1350251283

9781350251274

1350251275

Publisher Number:

99994759300

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.