This focused collection of essays explores the multiple possiblities for the study of Shakespeare in an emerging postcolonial period. It examines the extent to which our assumption about key terms such as colonization, race, and nation derive from early modern English culture. It also looks at how such terms are themselves affected by what was established subsequently as colonial forms of knowledge. The volume features original work by some of the leading critics within the field of Shakespeare studies, including: Andreas Bertoldi; Jerry Brotton; Jonathan Burton; Jonathan Dollimore; Terence...

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This remarkable volume challenges scholars and students to look beyond a dominant European and North American 'metropolitan bank' of Shakespeare knowledge. As well as revealing the potential for a new understanding of Shakespeare's plays, Martin Orkin adopts a fresh approach to issues of power, where 'proximations' emerge from a process of dialogue and challenge traditional notions of authority.

Divided into two parts this book:

• encourages us to recognise the way in which 'local' or 'non-metropolitan' knowledges and experiences might extend understanding of...

This remarkable volume challenges scholars and students to look beyond a dominant European and North American 'metropolitan bank' of Shakespeare knowledge. As well as revealing the potential for a new understanding of Shakespeare's plays, Martin Orkin adopts a fresh approach to issues of power, where 'proximations' emerge from a process of dialogue and challenge traditional notions of authority.

Divided into two parts this book:

• encourages us to recognise the way in which 'local' or 'non-metropolitan' knowledges and experiences might extend understanding of...