Antipodal Shakespeare

Remembering and Forgetting in Britain, Australia and New Zealand, 1916 - 2016

Professor Gordon McMullan author Kate Flaherty author Philip Mead author Ailsa Grant Ferguson author Dr Mark Houlahan author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:22nd Aug '19

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This book offers new ‘antipodal’ (rather than ‘local’ or ‘global’) readings of the Shakespeare Tercentenary of 1916 in Britain and Australasia, and the history of subsequent Shakespeare memorialisation across the hemispheres.

Despite a recent surge of critical interest in the Shakespeare Tercentenary, a great deal has been forgotten about this key moment in the history of the place of Shakespeare in national and global culture – much more than has been remembered. This book offers new archival discoveries about, and new interpretations of, the Tercentenary celebrations in Britain, Australia and New Zealand and reflects on the long legacy of those celebrations. This collection gathers together five scholars from Britain, Australia and New Zealand to reflect on the modes of commemoration of Shakespeare across the hemispheres in and after the Tercentenary year, 1916. It was at this moment of remembering in 1916 that ‘global Shakespeare’ first emerged in recognizable form. Each contributor performs their own ‘antipodal’ reading, assessing in parallel events across two hemispheres, geographically opposite but politically and culturally connected in the wake of empire.

A short and poignant collection of essays about a conjunction of public remembrances…Taken together, they offer a powerful account of Shakespeare’s role as a mnemonic juggernaut. * Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 *
Successfully analyzes the complex terms involved in the Tercente-nary celebrations in Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, revealing how this stage in Shakespeare commemoration entailed unique performances of remembering and forgetting. * Shakespeare Bulletin *

ISBN: 9781350126541

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 240g

240 pages