Shakespeare and the translation of identity in early modern England /

Featuring contributions by established and upcoming scholars, Shakespeare and the Translation of Identity in Early Modern England explores the ways in which Shakespearean texts engage in the social and cultural politics of sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century translation practices. Framed by the...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Oakley-Brown, Liz
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Continuum, [2011]
Series:	Continuum Shakespeare studies.
Subjects:	Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Translations > History and criticism. Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Knowledge > Classical literature. Translating and interpreting > Political aspects > England. Translating and interpreting > England > History. Language and culture > England > History.

Table of Contents:

Schooling Coriolanus: Shakespeare, translation and Latinity / Barbara Correll
A midsummer night's symposium: translating platonic love in A midsummer night's dream / Erica Birrell
'Silence! Trouble us not!': travail and translated identity in The tempest / Julia Major
Harming Macbeth: a British translation / Paul Innes
'Most retrograde to our desire': translating recusant identity in Hamlet / Richard Chamberlain
Afterword / Ton Hoenselaars.