Shakespeare in China

Zusatztext '...is short, easy to read and infailingly engaging...recommend that readers find Shakespeare in China in their libraries, or if their libraries don't have copies, urge them to acquire it.' Informationen zum Autor Murray J. Levith is Professor of English at Skidmore College, New York, where he has taught Shakespeare for more than thirty-five years. His many publications include Shakespeare's Italian Settings and Plays (author) and A Historical Survey of Shakespeare in China (editor). Vorwort Provides a comprehensive sense of China's past and ongoing encounter with Shakespeare - now available in paperback. Zusammenfassung Provides English language readers with a comprehensive sense of China's past and on-going encounter with Shakespeare. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Preface 1. The Early History of Shakespeare in China: Journey to the East 2. Shakespeare and Mao, 1 October 1949-1966: "I slide/O'er sixteen years" 3. The Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution: "a wilderness of tigers" 4. After the Cultural Revolution, 1976-2000: "A local habitation" 5. Shakespeare in Hong Kong and Taiwan: "This island's mine" 6. Shakespeare and Confucius: "To suck the sweets of sweet philosophy" 7. The Paradox of Shakespeare in the New China: "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Murray Levith, Murray J Levith, Murray J. Levith, LEVITH MURRAY J, Levith Murray J.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2004
• EAN: 9780826461377
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-6137-7
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights