| Description |
x, 241 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : passing it on / Skip Shand. Pt. I: Mentoring. Teaching Shakespeare, mentoring Shakespeare / Jean E. Howard. Pt. II: Text. Planned obsolescence or working at the words / Russ McDonald -- The words : teacher as editor, editor as teacher / David Bevington -- Questions that have no answers / Alexander Leggatt. Pt. III. Text and performance. Teaching the script / Antony B. Dawson -- A test of character / Miriam Gilbert -- The last Shakespeare picture show or going to the barricades / Barbara Hodgdon. Pt. IV: Contexts (institutional, cultural, historical). Dancing and thinking : teaching "Shakespeare" in the twenty-first century / Kate McLuskie -- Communicating differences : gender, feminism, and queer studies in the changing Shakespeare curriculum / Ramona Wray -- Teaching Shakespeare and race in the new empire / Ania Loomba -- Learning to listen : Shakespeare and contexts / Frances E. Dolan -- Divided by a common bard? Learning and teaching Shakespeare in the UK and USA / Richard Dutton. Pt. V: And in conclusion... Playing Hercules of laboring in my vocation / Carol Chillington Rutter |
| Summary |
"This collection of personal essays offers a reflective window into the lifelong calling that is Shakespeare in the university classroom. It acknowledges the traditions in which these scholars work and the teachers who have advised and inspired them. Representing a broad range of approaches to the discipline and the profession, the essayists write about why teaching Shakespeare matters, and why they do it the way they do. Deliberately designed not to be a manual, this is a contemplative anthology of anecdotal and practical advice from experienced teachers, many of whom have been publicly honored for their teaching."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Study and teaching.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Appreciation.
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| Author |
Shand, G. B.
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| LC no. |
2008000138 |
| ISBN |
9781405140454 (acidfree paper) |
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9781405140461 (paperback: acidfree paper) |
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