Garrick, Kemble, Siddons, Kean - Great Shakespeareans: Volume II

Informationen zum Autor Peter Holland is McMeel Family Professor in Shakespeare Studies in the Department of Film, Television and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame, USA. He was formerly Director of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon and is editor of Shakespeare Survey and co-general editor of the Oxford Shakespeare Topics series. Klappentext Great Shakespeareans offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally.  In this volume, leading scholars assess the contribution of David Garrick, John Philip Kemble, Sarah Siddons and Edmund Kean to the afterlife and reception of Shakespeare and his plays.  Each substantial contribution assesses the double impact of Shakespeare on the figure covered and of the figure on the understanding, interpretation and appreciation of Shakespeare, provide a sketch of their subject's intellectual and professional biography and an account of the wider cultural context, including comparison with other figures or works within the same field. Zusammenfassung Offers an account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, nationally and internationally. This volume assesses the contribution of David Garrick, John Philip Kemble, Sarah Siddons and Edmund Kean to the afterlife and reception of Shakespeare and his plays. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Preface - Peter Holland and Adrian Poole Introduction, Peter Holland (Notre Dame, USA) David Garrick, Peter Holland (Notre Dame, USA) John Philip Kemble, Michael Dobson (Birkbeck, UK) Sarah Siddons, Russ McDonald (Goldsmiths, UK) Edmund Kean, Peter Thomson (Exeter, UK) Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Peter Holland, Peter Holland
• Con la collaborazione di: Peter Holland (Editore)
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 03.06.2010
• EAN: 9780826471529
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-7152-9
• Pagine: 240
• Serie: Great Shakespeareans; Great Shakespeareans
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto; English, DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: general, Literary reference works, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights