Migrating Shakespeare

First European Encounters, Routes and Networks

Prof Janet Clare editor Dr David Schalkwyk editor Silvia Bigliazzi editor Dominique Goy-Blanquet editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:25th Aug '22

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Migrating Shakespeare is the first comparative study of inaugurative cultural and national encounters with Shakespeare, enabling a view of how in migration his plays have been variously instrumentalized, adopted and appropriated.

Migrating Shakespeare offers the first study of the earliest waves of Shakespeare’s migration into Europe. Charting the spread of the reception and production of his plays across the continent, it examines how Shakespeare contributed to national cultures and – in some cases – nation building. The chapters explore the routes and cultural networks through which Shakespeare entered European consciousness, from first translations to stage adaptations and critical response. The role of strolling players and actors, translators and printers, poets and dramatists, is chronicled alongside the larger political and cultural movements shaping nations. Each individual case discloses the national, literary and theatrical issues Shakespeare encountered, revealing not only how cultures have accommodated and adapted Shakespeare on their own terms but their interpretative contribution to the texts. Taken collectively the volume addresses key questions about Shakespeare’s naturalization or reluctant accommodation within other cultures, inaugurating his present global reach.

ISBN: 9781350213852

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312 pages