Description
Book Synopsis Memory and commemoration play a vital role not only in the work of Shakespeare, but also in the process that has made him a world author. As the contributors of this collection demonstrate, the phenomenon of commemoration has no single approach, as it occurs on many levels, has a long history, and is highly unpredictable in its manifestations. With an international focus and a comparative scope that explores the afterlives also of other artists, this volume shows the diverse modes of commemorative practices involving Shakespeare. Delving into these “cultures of commemoration,” it presents keen insights into the dynamics of authorship, literary fame, and afterlives in its broader socio-historical contexts.
Table of Contents Introduction: Shakespeare and the Cultures of Commemoration
Ton Hoenselaars and Clara Calvo
Chapter 1. Acting as an Epitaph: Performing Commemoration in the Shakespearean History Play
Emily Shortslef
Chapter 2. From Jubilee to Gala: Remembrance and Ritual Commemoration
Robert Sawyer
Chapter 3. Shakespeare Remembered
Graham Holderness
Chapter 4. American Shakespeare Clubs and Commemoration
Katherine Scheil
Chapter 5. Shakespeare and ‘Native Americans’: Forging Identities through the 1916 Shakespeare Tercentenary
Monika Smialkowska
Chapter 6. The Disciplines of War, Memory, and Writing: Shakespeare’s Henry V and David Jones’s In Parenthesis
Adrian Poole
Chapter 7. Monumental Play: Commemoration, Post-war Britain, and History Cycles
Anita M. Hagerman
Afterword: The Seeds of Time
Graham Holderness
