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Author:   Nely Keinänen (University of Helsinki, Finland) ,  Per Sivefors (Linnaeus University, Sweden) ,  Bi-qi Beatrice Lei ,  Dr David Schalkwyk
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   The Arden Shakespeare
Weight:   0.467kg
ISBN:  

9781350200869

ISBN 10:   1350200867
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   24 February 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction Nely Keinänen and Per Sivefors 1: The First Danish Production of Hamlet (1813): A Theatrical Representation of a National Crisis Annelis Kuhlmann (Aarhus University, Denmark) 2: Geijer’s Macbeth – Page, Stage and the Seeds of Time Kiki Lindell (Lund University, Sweden) and Kent Hägglund (Stockholm University, Sweden) 3: Cold Maids and Dead Men: Gender in Translation and Transition in Hamlet Cecilia Lindskog Whiteley (Uppsala University, Sweden) 4: The Poetics of Adaptation and Politics of Domestication: Macbeth and J. F. Lagervall’s Ruunulinna Jyrki Nummi, Eeva-Liisa Bastman and Erika Laamanen (all University of Helsinki, Finland) 5: Søren Kierkegaard’s Adaptation Of King Lear James Newlin (Case Western Reserve University, USA) 6: ‘A blot on Swedish hospitality’: Ira Aldridge’s Visit to Stockholm in 1857 Per Sivefors (Linnaeus University, Sweden) 7: Shakespeare’s Legacy and Aleksis Kivi: Rethinking Kivi’s Drama Karkurit [The Fugitives] Riitta Pohjola-Skarp (University of Tampere, Finland) 8: Anne Charlotte Leffler’s Shakespeare: The Perils of Stardom and Everyday Life Lynn R. Wilkinson (University of Texas, USA) 9: Knut Hamsun’s Criticism of Shakespeare Martin Humpál (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic) Afterword: Towards a Regional Methodology of Culture Alexa Alice Joubin (George Washington University, USA) Appendix: Nordic Shakespeare until 1900: A Timeline Index

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Nely Keinänen is a lecturer in English at the University of Helsinki, Finland, researching the early reception of Shakespeare in Finland. She is on the board of the Nordic Shakespeare Society (NorSS). Per Sivefors is Associate Professor of English Literature at Linnaeus University, Sweden. He has published extensively on early modern literature and culture and is currently working on the early reception of Shakespeare in Scandinavia (1760 – 1820). He is Chair of the Nordic Shakespeare Society (NorSS).

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