Shakespeare in the North: Place, Politics and Performance in England and Scotlan

Description: Shakespeare in the North by Adam Hansen This exciting collection of original essays critically assesses the significance of locality in Shakespearean plays. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This exciting collection of original essays critically assesses the significance of locality in Shakespearean plays. Considering how Shakespeare and his contemporaries understood the North, it brings together diverse voices to define what the North meant and means in relation to Shakespeare. The book also situates Shakespeares works alongside less canonical texts and media, as well as detailed case studies of new material from rich but rarely-used local, municipal and performance archives. It provides an opportunity to critically reflect on links and differences between the past and present, England and Scotland, the local and the global. Back Cover In Charlotte Brontes Shirley, the ruthless mill owner learns his disastrous industrial strategy from Coriolanus. The excellent contributors to Shakespeare in the North expand this fruitfully antagonistic relationship, placing Englands national poet to the north of traditional centres of culture and replacing Stratford, London, Arden and Windsor with Blackpool, Edinburgh, Northumberland and Tyneside.Emma Smith, University of OxfordPresents fresh perspectives on Shakespeares representations of and in the North, past and presentThis exciting collection of original essays critically assesses the significance of locality in Shakespearean plays. Considering how Shakespeare and his contemporaries understood the North, it brings together diverse voices to define what the North meant and means in relation to Shakespeare. The book also situates Shakespeares works alongside less canonical texts and media, as well as detailed case studies of new material from rich but rarely-used local, municipal and performance archives. It provides an opportunity to critically reflect on links and differences between the past and present, England and Scotland, the local and the global. Adam Hansen is Senior Lecturer in English at Northumbria University.Cover image: Flap In Charlotte Brontes Shirley, the ruthless mill owner learns his disastrous industrial strategy from Coriolanus. The excellent contributors to Shakespeare in the North expand this fruitfully antagonistic relationship, placing Englands national poet to the north of traditional centres of culture and replacing Stratford, London, Arden and Windsor with Blackpool, Edinburgh, Northumberland and Tyneside.Emma Smith, University of OxfordPresents fresh perspectives on Shakespeares representations of and in the North, past and presentThis exciting collection of original essays critically assesses the significance of locality in Shakespearean plays. Considering how Shakespeare and his contemporaries understood the North, it brings together diverse voices to define what the North meant and means in relation to Shakespeare. The book also situates Shakespeares works alongside less canonical texts and media, as well as detailed case studies of new material from rich but rarely-used local, municipal and performance archives. It provides an opportunity to critically reflect on links and differences between the past and present, England and Scotland, the local and the global.Adam Hansen is Senior Lecturer in English at Northumbria University.Cover image: Author Biography Adam Hansen is Senior Lecturer in English at Northumbria University. He is the author of Shakespeare and Popular Music (Continuum, 2010) and co-editor of several collections, including Shakespearean Echoes, with Kevin J. Wetmore, eds. (Palgrave, 2015) and The White Devil: A Critical Reader, with Paul Frazer, eds. (Bloomsbury, 2016). He is on the editorial board of This Rough Magic, and Reviews Editor for English: The Journal of the English Association. Table of Contents Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction, Adam Hansen; I: Shakespeare and the Early Modern North; 1. Shakespeares Northern Blood: Transfusing Gorboduc into Macbeth and Cymbeline, Paul Frazer; 2. Here are strangers near at hand: Anglo-Scottish Border Crossings Pre- and Post-Union, Steve Veerapen; 3. Shakespeare, King James and the Northern Yorkists, Richard Stacey; 4. North by North-West: Shakespeares Shifting Frontier, Lisa Hopkins; II: Performing Shakespeare in the North; 5. The Peoples Shakespeare: Place, Politics, and Performance in a Northern Amateur Theatre, Adam Hansen; 6. Only Northerners need apply? Northern Broadsides and no-nonsense Shakespeare, Caroline Heaton; 7. Shakespeare and Blackpool: The RSC A Midsummer Nights Dream (2016): A Play for the Nation?, Janice Wardle; 8. William the Conqueror: The Only Shakescene in a Country, Richard Wilson; III: Appropriating Shakespeare in the North; 9. What is Shakespeare to Manchester?: Shakespearean Engagement in The North at the Turn of the Twentieth Century, Monika Smialkowska; 10. A Road by Any Other Name: Heaton History Group, a North East suburb, and Shakespeare, Chris Jackson; 11. Lancastrian Shakespeares: Hamlet and King Lear in North West England (2005-2014), Liz Oakley-Brown; 12. Shakespeares Cheek: Macbeth, Dunsinane and the Jacobean Condition, James Loxley; 13. Postscript: News from the North, Willy Maley; Index. Review "In Charlotte Bront s Shirley, the ruthless mill owner learns his disastrous industrial strategy from Coriolanus. The excellent contributors to Shakespeare in the North expand this fruitfully antagonistic relationship, placing Englands national poet to the north of traditional Shakrespeare centres of culture and replacing Stratford, London, Arden and Windsor with Blackpool, Edinburgh, Northumberland and Tyneside." -Emma Smith, University of Oxford Review Quote In Charlotte Bront Promotional "Headline" Presents fresh perspectives on Shakespeares representations of and in the North, past and present Description for Reader Presents fresh perspectives on Shakespeares representations of and in the North, past and present Presents a wide range of emerging and established scholars working across the North of England, and across the English-Scottish border Looks backwards and forwards, offering a survey of historical change, with chapters on Shakespeare and Northernness in the early modern period, as well as on later appropriations of his work in the North Attunes to Shakespeares role in live political and theoretical debates about national sovereignty and identities, and regional communities and cultures Situates Shakespeares works alongside less canonical texts and diverse media Offers detailed case studies of new material, with primary sources drawn from rich but rarely-used local, municipal and performance archives Provides an opportunity to critically reflect on links and differences between past and present, England and Scotland, the local and the global This exciting collection of original essays critically assesses the significance of locality in Shakespearean plays. Considering how Shakespeare and his contemporaries understood the North, it brings together diverse voices to define what the North meant and means in relation to Shakespeare. The book also situates Shakespeares works alongside less canonical texts and media, as well as detailed case studies of new material from rich but rarely-used local, municipal and performance archives. It provides an opportunity to critically reflect on links and differences between the past and present, England and Scotland, the local and the global. Feature Presents a wide range of emerging and established scholars working across the North of England, and across the English-Scottish border Looks backwards and forwards, offering a survey of historical change, with chapters on Shakespeare and Northernness in the early modern period, as well as on later appropriations of his work in the North Attunes to Shakespeares role in live political and theoretical debates about national sovereignty and identities, and regional communities and cultures Situates Shakespeares works alongside less canonical texts and diverse media Offers detailed case studies of new material, with primary sources drawn from rich but rarely-used local, municipal and performance archives Provides an opportunity to critically reflect on links and differences between past and present, England and Scotland, the local and the global Description for Sales People Offers fresh perspectives on Shakespeares representations of and in the North, past and present Examines Shakespeares role in live political and theoretical debates about national sovereignty and identities, and regional communities and cultures Situates Shakespeares works alongside less canonical texts and diverse media Description for Teachers/Educators Shakespeare Studies; Shakespeare and English Literature; Shakespeare and the Twentieth Century; British Studies; Literature and Identity; Cultural Geography; Spatial Literary Studies. Details ISBN1474435939 Publisher Edinburgh University Press ISBN-10 1474435939 ISBN-13 9781474435932 Format Paperback Year 2023 Pages 336 Imprint Edinburgh University Press Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2023-02-18 Subtitle Place, Politics and Performance in England and Scotland Edited by Adam Hansen Publication Date 2023-02-06 UK Release Date 2023-02-06 Author Adam Hansen DEWEY 822.33 Illustrations 1 B/W illustrations 1 black & white illustration Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2023-05-15 Alternative 9781474435925 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:140150067;

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