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Shakespeare and American Life celebrates the extraordinary English poet's influence on American culture - whether high, low, or middlebrow - to mark the 150th anniversary of Henry Folger's birth and the 75th anniversary of the great library he and Emily created for Shakespearean scholarship. A sampler of such scholarship is here presented by nine essays that offer contexts for the multitude of images and objects on display in the Folger Library's Great Hall during the spring and summer of 2007, many of them - and a few additional images - reproduced in this catalogue. The essays explore Shakespeare's influence on America's cultural history from a variety of perspectives. Chronologically, they range from the colonial period, to the adoption of Shakespeare as an ""American genius"" in the nineteenth century, to twentieth-century musical comedy, film, theater, and finally to Shakespeare as we know him in twentyfirst century America. Culturally, the essays range from the academic (about editors and scholars), to the theatrical (Shakespeare's continuous presence on the American stage), to the popular (the appropriation of Shakespeare as a popular icon in advertising, folk art, and kitsch).

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Author:   Virginia Mason Vaughan ,  Alden T. Vaughan
Publisher:   University of Washington Press
Imprint:   University of Washington Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.676kg
ISBN:  

9780295987156

ISBN 10:   0295987154
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   07 March 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Foreword / Gail Kern PasterIntroduction / Virginia Mason Vaughan and Alden T. Vaughan Shakespeare Discovers America; America Discovers Shakespeare / Alden T. Vaughan Making Shakespeare American: Shakespeare's Dissemination in Nineteenth-Century America / Virginia Mason Vaughan Playing with (a) Difference: Early Black Shakespearean Actors, Blackface and Whiteface / Francesca T. Royster Shakespeare Film in America: O Brave New World of Bardolatry! / Kenneth S. Rothwell Shakespeare and the American Musical / Irene G. Dash Jazzing Up Shakespeare / Douglas M. LanierAmerican Shakespeare Festivals / Yu Jin Ko Duty and Enjoyment: The Folgers as Shakespeare Collectors in the Gilded Age / Georgianna Ziegler Catalogue of the Exhibition / Virginia Mason Vaughan and Alden T. Vaughan Interlude: American Scrapbooks / Leigh Anne Palmer Notes on Contributors

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