Shakespeare and Accentism

Herausgeber: Lee, Adele

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection explores the consequences of accentism in the Shakespeare industry across languages and cultures, past and present.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780367676766
• ISBN-10: 0367676761
• Artikelnr.: 67822861

Autorenporträt

Adele Lee is Associate Professor of early modern literature at Emerson College, USA. She specializes in Renaissance travel writing and "global Shakespeare" and is the author of The English Renaissance and the Far East: Cross-Cultural Encounters (2017).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: "The Accent of his Tongue Affecteth him." Adele Lee
Chapter One: "Accents yet unknown:" In Search of Shakespeare's Foreign
Accents. Ema Vyroubalová
Chapter Two: "The stranger's case:" Accenting Shakespeare's "ESL
Characters." Matthew Davies
Chapter Three: All One Mutual Cry: The Myth of Standard Accents in
Shakespearean Performance. Ronan Paterson
Chapter Four: How Should Shakespeare Sound? Actors and the Journey from OP
to RP. Alec Paterson
Chapter Five: Accentism, Anglocentrism, and Multilingualism in South
African Shakespeares. Christopher Thurman
Chapter Six: "What doth your speech import?" The Implication of Accents in
Indian Shakespeares. Koel Chatterjee
Chapter Seven: "What country, friends, is this?" The Indian Accent vs.
Received Pronunciation in Productions of Twelfth Night. Taarini Mookherjee
Chapter Eight: "Rackers of Orthography"? Speaking Shakespeare in "Engrish."
Adele Lee
Chapter Nine: Alien Accents: Signifying the Shakespearean Other in Audio
Performances. Douglas M. Lanier
Afterword: Carla Della Gatta