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11 oct. 2021 · This anthology traces the surprising story of how Americans made Shakespeare their own through a wide range of genres. The writers included range from the 1800s to the present day, and offer testimony to Shakespeare's profound and enduring influence --.
Shakespeare in America reveals how, for over two centuries, the plays have been a prism through which crucial American issues—revolution, slavery, war, social justice—were refracted, debated, and understood.
3 avr. 2014 · Shakespeare in America: An Anthology from the Revolution to Now (LOA #251) (Library of America, 251) Hardcover – Illustrated, April 3, 2014. “The history of Shakespeare in America,” writes James Shapiro in his introduction to this groundbreaking anthology, “is also the history of America itself.”.
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About Shakespeare in America: An Anthology from the Revolution to Now (LOA #251) An anthology that traces how Shakespeare has shaped American history and culture—featuring pieces by Founding Fathers, Orson Welles, and other noteworthy figures
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Orson Welles revolutionizes approaches to Shakespeare with his legendary productions of Macbeth and Julius Caesar; American actors from Charlotte Cushman and Ira Aldridge to John Barrymore, Paul Robeson, and Marlon Brando reimagine Shakespeare for each new era. The rich and tangled story of how Americans made Shakespeare their own is a literary ...
1 avr. 2014 · Shakespeare was a central, inescapable part of America s literary inheritance, and a prism through which crucial American issues revolution, slavery, war, social justice were refracted and understood. In tracing the many surprising forms this influence took, Shapiro draws on many genres poetry, fiction, essays, plays, memoirs, songs, speeches…
Shakespeare in America: An Anthology from the Revolution to Now (LOA #251) : Various, Shapiro, James, Clinton, Bill: Amazon.fr: Livres
