Shakespeare in Ukraine : mirror, prism, megaphone / Irena R. Makaryk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Makaryk, Irene Rima, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Shakespeare, William.

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

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--In literature.

Theater and society--Ukraine.

Theater and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 272 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press , [2025]

Summary:

"This book is a collection of essays on Shakespeare in Ukraine. The eleven essays range across more than 150 years of history, from the earliest performances and translations of Shakespeare into Ukrainian, the Bard's ambiguous position in Soviet literature, and its mobilization during the current war."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction, Shakespeare in Ukraine : mirror, prism, megaphone

Calibans all : Shakespeare at the intersection of colonialisms

"North by north-west" : Shevchenko and Shakespeare

Ophelia as poet : Lesya Ukrainka and the woman as artist

Periphery against centre : Hamlet in early Soviet Ukrainian poetry

Shakespeare right or wrong?

The perfect production : Les Kurbas's analysis of the early Soviet audience

In a crooked mirror : Hamlet as intertext in the USSR 1934-43

Hamlet, 1943

Commemoration as amplification : the "universal" versus the national bard

Antic dispositions : Shakespeare, war, and cabaret

Afterword : Shakespeare at war today.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 21, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Makaryk, Irene Rima. Shakespeare in Ukraine.

ISBN:

9781487565992

1487565992

9781487565985

1487565984

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