Talking Shakespeare: Shakespeare into the Millennium

ISBN-13: 9780333777732 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 253 str.

Deborah Cartmell

Opis

Talking Shakespeare focuses on the reciprocal relationship between past and present, the way Shakespeare talks to us, the ways in which we talk about Shakespeare, and the way in which Shakespeare, ultimately, is 'all talk'. Through a variety of approaches to Shakespeare (including Shakespeare in his time, Shakespeare in our time, film, race, history and the future) the book looks at how Shakespeare is 'talked about' in the fields of English Studies, Performance Studies and Cultural Studies.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.- Introduction; D. Cartmell & M. Scott.- Talking Shakespeare; M. Scott.- SHAKESPEARE AND THEORY.- How Does Hamlet End?; N. Wood.- Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Stage: Touring Practice in Shakespeare's Day; P.Davison.- Studying Shakespeare and his Contemporaries; E. Smith.- Shakespeare and History; D. Cavanagh.- SHAKESPEARE AND NATIONAL IDENTITY.- 'Home, Sweet Home': Stratford-upon-Avon and the Making of the RSC as a National Institution; C. Chambers.- SHAKESPEARE, PERFORMANCE AND BENCHMARKING.- Twelfth Night: 'One face, one voice, one habit and two persons!'; J. Wardle.- Shakespeare and the Homoerotic; M. Thompson & I. Whelehan.- Shakespeare and Race: Othello I.iii; D. Cartmell.- SHAKESPEARE AND FILM.- The Unkindest Cuts: Flashcut Excess in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet; B. W. Kliman.- Showing versus Telling: Shakespeare's Visual Absences, and the Cinema; G. Egan.- Shakespeare and the Future; K. Ryan.- Why We Talk Shakespeare; M. Collins.- Appendix: Bibliography of Shakespeare on CD ROM and Major Internet Addresses; J. Webb.- Index.

O autorze

DEBORAH CARTMELL is Principal Lecturer in the department of English at De Montfort University, Leicester.

MICHAEL SCOTT is Professor of English and Pro Vice Chancellor at De Montfort University.

Blurb

This edited collection of essays on Shakespeare includes writings on Shakespeare in his time, in our time, and in the future. It looks at why we talk so much about Shakespeare by considering the dominant views and theories on his work at the beginning of the new millennium. Essays included examine topics such as touring practices in Shakespeare's day, the history of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare in relation to his contemporaries, Shakespeare and homoeroticism and Shakespeare and the future.

Talking Shakespeare, as its title implies, focuses on the reciprocal relationship between past and present, the way Shakespeare talks to us, the ways in which we talk about Shakespeare, and the way in which Shakespeare, ultimately, is 'all talk'. Indeed the approach employed throughout the book is a consideration of the ways in which the past informs the present as well as how the present informs the past. The book takes a multi-disciplinary view of Shakespeare, looking at how Shakespeare is 'talked about' in the fields of English Studies, Performance Studies and Cultural Studies. There is also an appendix surveying material available on Shakespeare in the electronic or 'virtual' library.