Four hundred years of Shakespeare in Europe
By: edited by A. Luis Pujante and Ton Hoenselaars ; with a foreword by Stanley Wells.
Contributors: Pujante, Angel-Luis.; Hoenselaars, A. J., 1956-
Publisher: University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Newark; London; Cranbury, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Appreciation -- Europe.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- Europe.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Translations -- History and criticism.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Influence.
Description: "The area of theatrical performance illuminates the cultural transfer and appropriation of Shakespeare's plays. The essays in this volume reveal the kinds of versions and adaptations used in different historical periods for political, ideological, or aesthetic purposes in France, Spain, Belgium, and the German-speaking countries. Shakespeare, as Dennis Kennedy argues, is the great loser of the Cold War."--BOOK JACKET.

"Four Hundred Years of Shakespeare in Europe offers a wide range of essays that testify to the unprecedented boom in the study of "Shakespeare in Europe" at the end of the 1990s. It provides a historical and conceptual framework for the research that has been done in this neglected area. The contributions cover three main areas in the history of Shakespearean reception: productions, translations, and appropriation in more general terms (including the revival of Shakespeare as a fictional character). Contributors to this volume come from the European Continent, from Britain, and from the United States."
Notes: "Bibliography: Shakespeare in European Culture": p. 241-259.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Most of the articles collected in this volume were originally presented as papers at a conference ... organized by the University of Murcia (Spain) from 18-20 November 1999"--P. 15.