Shakespeare and Canada: Remembrance of Ourselves (Reappraisals: Canadian Writers)

By: Annie Brisset and Richard Cavell and Dana Colarusso and Daniel Fischlin and Troni Grande and Peter Kuling and Sarah Mackenzie and C. E. McGee and Don Moore and Ian Rae and Tom Scholte and Kailin Wright

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Synopsis: Shakespeare in Canada is the result of a collective desire to explore the role that Shakespeare has played in Canada over the past two hundred years, but also to comprehend the way our country’s culture has influenced our interpretation of his literary career and heritage. What function does Shakespeare serve in Canada today? How has he been reconfigured in different ways for particular Canadian contexts? The authors of this book attempt to answer these questions while imagining what the future might hold for William Shakespeare in Canada. Covering the Stratford Festival, the cult CBC television program Slings and Arrows, major Canadian critics such as Northrop Frye and Marshall McLuhan, the influential acting teacher Neil Freiman, the rise of Québécois and First Nation approaches to Shakespeare, and Shakespeare’s place in secondary schools today, this collection reflects the diversity and energy of Shakespeare’s afterlife in Canada. Collectively, the authors suggest that Shakespeare continues to offer Canadians “remembrance of ourselves.” This is a refreshingly original and impressive contribution to Shakespeare studies—a considerable achievement in any work on the history of one of the central figures in the western literary canon.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 280 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780776624433
Related ISBNs:: 9780776624419, 9780776624426, 9780776624433, 9780776624440
Publisher:: University of Ottawa Press
Date of Addition:: 02/21/24
Copyrighted By:: University of Ottawa Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Irena R. Makaryk
Edited by:: Kathryn Prince