Here in This Island We Arrived - Shakespeare and Belonging in Immigrant New York

About the author

Elisabeth H. Kinsley is an instructor and administrator at Northwestern University.

Summary

Explores the uses of Shakespeare in Manhattan’s Lower East Side as part of a cultural exchange among non-Anglo and Anglo-identified groups from the 1890s to 1920s. Examines these groups’ ideas about what Shakespeare, race, and national belonging should and could mean for Americans.

Product details

• Authors: Elisabeth H. Kinsley, Elisabeth H. (Northwestern University ) Kinsley
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.02.2019
• EAN: 9780271083223
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08322-3
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Karten
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; New York, Manhattan, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, c 1800 to c 1900, Theatre Studies, c 1910 to c 1919, History of the Americas, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1890 to c 1899, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean