Shakespeare in Ireland : adaptations and appropriations /
"Considering the ways in which such Irish writers as Samuel Beckett and W. B. Yeats drew on Shakespearean material in producing their own work, whilst analysing Shakespearean influence in both Irish society and its theatrical landscape, essays in this collection explore the history of Irish Sha...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
The Arden Shakespeare,
2025.
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| Series: | Shakespeare and adaptation.
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| Summary: | "Considering the ways in which such Irish writers as Samuel Beckett and W. B. Yeats drew on Shakespearean material in producing their own work, whilst analysing Shakespearean influence in both Irish society and its theatrical landscape, essays in this collection explore the history of Irish Shakespeare through the numerous ways in which Shakespeare and his work were reconfigured and recycled into various Irish contexts. Shakespeare in Ireland shows how Shakespeare has been rendered Irish in a variety of complex ways, and is an exercise in tracking how Shakespeare becomes a fully hibernicised figure"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 238 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781350458383 1350458384 9781350458420 1350458422 |