Shakespeare's tercentenary : staging nations and performing identities in 1916 / Monika Smialkowska, Northumbria University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smialkowska, Monika, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--1800-1950.

Shakespeare, William.

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

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--United States.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Anniversaries, etc.

World War, 1914-1918--Theater and the war.

World War, 1914-1918.

Theater--Europe--History--20th century.

Theater.

Theater--United States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

ix, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"The 1916 global commemorations of the three-hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare's death responded to imperial and national identity crises during the First World War. This study juxtaposes patriotic uses of Shakespeare with decentralising, racially and socially empowering voices, illuminating Shakespeare's legacies in modern politics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

'Unser Shakespeare'? The tercentenary and Germany

'Our English Shakespeare'? The tercentenary and Britain

Shakespeare among the allies

'Not primarily patriotic'? The tercentenary and American national identity

Voices from the margins : the tercentenary and American racial and ethnic minorities

Conclusion : lest we forget.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version : Smialkowska, Monika, 1970- Shakespeare's tercentenary

ISBN:

9781009280877

1009280872

OCLC:

1381291838