Disseminating Shakespeare in the Nordic Countries

Name: Disseminating Shakespeare in the Nordic Countries
Brand: Bloomsbury 3PL
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By Nely Keinänen

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Charting the early dissemination of Shakespeare in the Nordic countries in the 19th century, this opens up an area of global Shakespeare studies that has received little attention to date. With case studies exploring the earliest translations of Hamlet into Danish; the first translation of Macbeth and the differing translations of Hamlet into Swedish; adaptations into Finnish; Kierkegaard's re-working of King Lear, and the reception of the African-American actor Ira Aldridge's performances in Stockholm as Othello and Shylock, it will appeal to all those interested in the reception of Shakespeare and its relationship to the political and social conditions. The volume intervenes in the current discussion of global Shakespeare and more recent concepts like 'rhizome', which challenge the notion of an Anglocentric model of 'centre' versus 'periphery'. It offers a new assessment of these notions, revealing how the dissemination of Shakespeare is determined by a series of local and frequently interlocking centres and peripheries, such as the Finnish relation to Russia or the Norwegian relation with Sweden, rather than a matter of influence from the English Cultural Sphere.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 342
Release Date:: 2023-08-24
Publication Date:: 2023-08-24
Publisher:: Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1350201014
ISBN13:: 9781350201019
Weight:: 364 g
Height:: 129 cm
Width:: 198 cm
Thickness:: 18 cm

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