Shakespeare and the twentieth century
Subtitle: the selected proceedings of the International Shakespeare Association World Congress, Los Angeles, 1996
By: edited by Jonathan Bate, Jill L. Levenson, and Dieter Mehl.
Contributors: Bate, Jonathan.; Levenson, Jill L.; Mehl, Dieter.
Publisher: University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Newark; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 427
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- 1800-1950 -- Congresses.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- 1950- -- Congresses.; Theater -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
Description: In close to fifty sessions, the congress theme - "Shakespeare and the Twentieth Century" - allowed for critical approaches from many directions: through twentieth-century theater history on almost every continent; through a range of media representations from film to databases; through the changing theoretical models of the period that extend to the latest politically inflected readings; and through appropriations of the play-texts by modern art forms such as recent fiction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.