Antipodal Shakespeare: Remembering and Forgetting in Britain, Australia and New Zealand 1916 - 2016

McMullan, Gordon/ Mead, Philip/ Ferguson, Ailsa Grant/ Houhlahan, Mark/ Flaherty, Kate

ISBN 10: 147427143X / ISBN 13: 9781474271431

Published by Bloomsbury Arden, 2018

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240 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Antipodal Shakespeare: Remembering and Forgetting in Britain, Australia and New Zealand 1916 - 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Arden
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 147427143X
• ISBN 13: 9781474271431
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.34 kilograms

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Synopsis

In this collaborative monograph, five scholars from Britain, Australia and New Zealand reflect on the modes of commemoration of Shakespeare in and after the Tercentenary year, 1916, in two hemispheres. They argue that it was at this moment of remembering that global Shakespeare first emerged in recognizable, if embryonic form. Despite a recent surge of interest in the Shakespeare Tercentenary, a great deal has been forgotten about this key moment in the history of the place of Shakespeare in national and global culture much more than has been remembered. In addressing this the book offers new materials and discoveries about, and new interpretations of, the Tercentenary celebrations in Britain and in Australia and New Zealand, and reflects also on the long legacy of those celebrations.

About the Author

Gordon McMullan is a professor of English at King's College London, UK.