Albanese Extramural Shakespeare

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-11294-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 181 Seiten

Reihe: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

This study argues that Shakespeare can now be understood as part of public culture. Thanks to the emergence of mass education in the twentieth century, Albanese argues that Shakespeare has become a shared property, despite the depiction of his texts as 'elite' cultural objects in the film industry.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Albanese, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Shakespeare in Public Reframing Shakespeare for the Millennium: American Culture, 'Elites,' The Academy - and Beyond Pacino's Cliffs Notes: Looking for Richard's 'Public' Shakespeare Shakespeare Goes to School The Shakespeare Film, the Market, and the Americanization of Culture Social Dreaming and Making Shakespeare Matter

Über Autor(innen)

DENISE ALBANESE is Associate Professor of English and Cultural Studies at George Mason University, USA.