Shakespeare in American Life

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Virginia Mason Vaughan and Alden T. Vaughan Klappentext Celebrates the extraordinary English poets influence on American culturewhether high, low, or middlebrowto mark the 150th anniversary of Henry Folgers birth and the 75th anniversary of the great library he and Emily created for Shakespearean scholarship. Zusammenfassung Celebrates Shakespeare's influence on American culture. This book contains essays which explore Shakespeare's influence on America's cultural history from a variety of perspectives. It includes essays from the colonial period! to the adoption of Shakespeare as an "American genius" in the nineteenth century! to twentieth-century musical comedy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword / Gail Kern Paster Introduction / Virginia Mason Vaughan and Alden T. Vaughan Shakespeare Discovers America; America Discovers Shakespeare / Alden T. Vaughan Making Shakespeare American: Shakespeare's Dissemination in Nineteenth-Century America / Virginia Mason Vaughan Playing with (a) Difference: Early Black Shakespearean Actors, Blackface and Whiteface / Francesca T. Royster Shakespeare Film in America: O Brave New World of Bardolatry! / Kenneth S. Rothwell Shakespeare and the American Musical / Irene G. Dash Jazzing Up Shakespeare / Douglas M. Lanier American Shakespeare Festivals / Yu Jin Ko Duty and Enjoyment: The Folgers as Shakespeare Collectors in the Gilded Age / Georgianna Ziegler Catalogue of the Exhibition / Virginia Mason Vaughan and Alden T. Vaughan Interlude: American Scrapbooks / Leigh Anne Palmer Notes on Contributors

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Prof. Virginia Mason Vaughan Vaughan, Virginia Mason Vaughan Vaughan
• Con la collaborazione di: Alden T Vaughan (Editore), Alden T. Vaughan (Editore), Prof. Virginia Mason Vaughan (Editore), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Editore)
• Editore: University Of Washington Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 07.03.2007
• EAN: 9780295987156
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98715-6
• Pagine: 192
• Dimensioni: 210 mm x 273 mm x 13 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali