Shakespeare and the Twentieth Century The Selected Proceedings of the International Shakespeare Association World Congress, Los Angeles 1996 |
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Editor:
| Bate, Jonathan Levenson, Jill Mehl, Dieter |
Series title: | The World Shakespeare Congress Proceedings Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-61149-179-1 |
Publication Date: | Nov 1998 |
Publisher: | University of Delaware Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $129.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume assembles a selection from the many papers delivered at the Sixth World Shakespeare Congress. Four plenary lectures are printed, including that of Jane Smiley on the creation of A Thousand Acres, her award-winning novel derived with King Lear. Twenty-two papers by well-known scholars also offer a wide range of responses to Shakespeare's art and international assessment of his presence in the world at the end of the twentieth century.
This volume assembles a selection from the many papers delivered at the Sixth World Shakespeare Congress. Four plenary lectures are printed, including that of Jane Smiley on the creation of A Thousand Acres, her award-winning novel derived with King Lear. Twenty-two papers by well-known scholars also offer a wide range of responses to Shakespeare's art and international assessment of his presence in the world at the end of the twentieth century.