Shakespeare and national culture
By: edited by John J. Joughin.
Contributors: Joughin, John J.
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Manchester; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Appreciation -- Foreign countries.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Study and teaching -- Foreign countries.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- Foreign countries.; National characteristics, English, in literature.; English drama -- Appreciation -- Foreign countries.; Civilization, Modern -- English influences.; Communication, International.; Nationalism in literature.; Great Britain -- In literature.
Description: Shakespeare continues to feature in the construction and refashioning of national cultures and identities in a variety of forms. There is, and was, a German Shakespeare (East and West); there is the contested legacy of a colonial Shakespeare in former British possessions; there is the post-national Shakespeare who has become the focus of debates concerning multiculturalism.

Shakespeare has often been co-opted to serve nationalism yet it has also served to contest and transform it in complex and contradictory ways. The examples are legion. In situating the question of Shakespeare and national culture in its global perspective this volume draws together original essays by the leading scholars in the field.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.