Shakespeare in the world: cross-cultural adaptation in Europe and colonial India, 1850-1900

Shakespeare in the World traces the reception histories and adaptations of Shakespeare in the nineteenth century, when his works became well-known to non-Anglophone communities in both Europe and colonial India. Sen provides thorough and searching examinations of nineteenth-century theatrical, opera...

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Main Author: Sen, Suddhaseel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Series:Routledge studies in Shakespeare
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Summary:Shakespeare in the World traces the reception histories and adaptations of Shakespeare in the nineteenth century, when his works became well-known to non-Anglophone communities in both Europe and colonial India. Sen provides thorough and searching examinations of nineteenth-century theatrical, operatic, novelistic, and prose adaptations that are still read and performed, in order to argue that, crucial to the transmission and appeal of Shakespeare's plays were the adaptations they generated in a wide range of media. These adaptations, in turn, made the absorption of the plays into different "national" cultural traditions possible, contributing to the development of "nationalist cosmopolitanisms" in the receiving cultures. Sen challenges the customary reading of Shakespeare reception in terms of "hegemony" and "mimicry," showing instead important parallels in the practices of Shakespeare adaptation in Europe and colonial India. Shakespeare in the World strikes a fine balance between the Bard's iconicity and his colonial and post-colonial afterlives, and is an important contribution to Shakespeare studies
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 07, 2021)
Physical Description:1 Online Ressource
ISBN:9781000206067
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1003099785
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DOI:10.4324/9781003099789

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