Shakespeare's tercentenary: staging nations and performing identities in 1916

The worldwide commemorations of the three-hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare's death were held amid the global upheaval of the First World War. As empires battled for world domination and nations sought self-determination, diverse communities vied to claim Shakespeare as their own, to underpi...

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Main Author: Smialkowska, Monika (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2024
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Summary:The worldwide commemorations of the three-hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare's death were held amid the global upheaval of the First World War. As empires battled for world domination and nations sought self-determination, diverse communities vied to claim Shakespeare as their own, to underpin their sense of collective identity and cohesion. Unearthing previously unknown Tercentenary events in Europe, the British Empire, and the USA, Monika Smialkowska demonstrates that the 1916 Shakespeare commemorators did not speak with one unified voice. Tributes by marginalised social, ethnic, and racial groups often challenged the homogenising narratives of the official celebrations. Rather than the traditionally patriotic Bard, used to support totalising versions of national or imperial identity, this study reveals Shakespeare as a site of debate and contestation, in which diverse voices - local and global, nationalist and universalist, militant and pacifist - combined and clashed in a fascinating, open-ended dialogue
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'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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 319 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009280839
DOI:10.1017/9781009280839

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