For its eighteenth volume, The Shakespearean International Yearbook surveys the present state of Shakespeare studies, addressing issues that are fundamental to our interpretive encounter with Shakespeare’s work and his time, across the whole spectrum of his literary output. Contributions are solicited from among the most active and insightful scholars in the field, from both hemispheres of the globe. New trends are evaluated from the point of view of established scholarship, and emerging work in the field is encouraged. Each issue includes a special section under the guidance of a specialist guest editor, along with coverage of the current state of the field. An essential reference tool for scholars of early modern literature and culture, this annual publication captures, from year to year, current and developing thought in Shakespeare scholarship and theater practice worldwide. There is a particular emphasis on Shakespeare studies in global contexts.
Author(s): Tom Bishop (editor), Alexa Alice Joubin (editor)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 256
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
General Editors
PART I Soviet Shakespeare: Guest Editor
1 Introduction: Shakespeare After the October Revolution
Early Soviet Context
2 Ivan Aksenov and Soviet Shakespeare
3 Stalin and Shakespeare
4 Shakespeare, Formalism, and Socialist Realism: The Censured Hamlets of Michael Chekhov and Nikolay Akimov
Late Soviet Context
5 Feeling Love in Soviet Russia: The Slippery Lessons of Romeo and Juliet
6 Hamlet's Soviet Operatic Afterlife: Between Individuality and Allegory
Soviet but Not Russian: Language and National Identity
7 Negotiating With the Socialist Realist Discourse: The Case of Romanian Shakespeare Scholarship
8 WHO IZ HOO ΣND WHAT IZ WATT? Between ΣFΣZ, CCCP and USSR
The Soviet Past After the Collapse
9 Laughing at Tragedy: Elena Chizhova's Critique of Popular Shakespeare
10 Anti-Stratfordianism in Twentieth-Century Russia: Post-Soviet Melancholy and the Haunted Imagination
PART II
11 Madness and Metaphor in Lisa Klein's and Claire McCarthy's Ophelia
12 Innovation and Retrospection: Some Books About Shakespeare and His Times, 2015-2016
Notes on Contributors
Index
