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Zusatztext A Yankee Book Peddler US Core Title for 2014 Informationen zum Autor Chris Thurman is Associate Professor in English at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He edits the journal Shakespeare in Southern Africa. Klappentext South African Essays on 'Universal' Shakespeare reflects the changing nature of Shakespeare studies across various 'generation gaps'. Each essay, in exploring the nuances of Shakespearean production and reception across time and space, is inflected by a South African connection. Investigating the universality of Shakespeare from both implicitly and explicitly 'southern' perspectives, the book presents new possibilities for considering (and reassessing) shifting manifestations of Shakespeare's work across the global North and South. Zusammenfassung South African Essays on 'Universal' Shakespeare addresses certain nuances of Shakespearean production and reception across time and space. By capturing the changing nature of Shakespeare scholarship across various 'generation gaps' in South Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Generation S: 'Southern' Shakespeares across Time and Space, Chris Thurman; Part 1 'Universal' Will; Chapter 1 On Being Human, Natasha Distiller; Chapter 2 Shakespeare without Borders, Sandra Young; Chapter 3 Â'Many in OneÂ': On Shakespeare, Language and Translation, Pier Paolo Frassinelli; Part 2 Shakespeare, Mediated; Chapter 4 Foxe and the Fat Man, Shakespeare and the Jesuit: Oldcastle Revisited, Victor Houliston; Chapter 5 Â'I, that am not shaped for sportive tricksÂ': Playing with Richard III, Chris Thurman; Chapter 6 Traditions of English Criticism: ShakespeareÂ's Late Plays in the Early Twentieth Century, Brian Pearce; Part 3 Butler's Shakespeare Reconsidered; Chapter 7, Guy Butler; Chapter 8, Guy Butler; Chapter 9 Butler's Lear, Laurence Wright;
