Shakespearean Educations: Power, Citizenship, and Performance - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1611490286 ISBN 13: 9781611490282

Publisher: University of Delaware Press, 2011

Synopsis

Shakespearean Educations expands the notion of "education" beyond the classroom to literary clubs, private salons, public lectures, libraries, primers, and theatrical performance. This collection challenges scholars to consider how different groups in our society have adopted Shakespeare as part of a specifically "American" education. This book maps the ways in which former slaves, Puritan ministers, university leaders, and working class theatergoers used Shakespeare not only to educate themselves about literature and culture, but also to educate others about their own experience.

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About the Author

Coppélia Kahn is professor of English at Brown University. She was president of the Shakespeare Association of America in 2008?9. Heather S. Nathans is associate professor of theatre, associate chair of theatre, and an acting associate dean for the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland. Mimi Godfrey is managing editor of Shakespeare Quarterly, published by the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1611490286
• ISBN 13: 9781611490282
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 327
• Editor: Kahn Coppélia, Nathans Heather S., Godfrey Mimi