Title Shakespeare in the world : cross-cultural adaptation in Europe and colonial India, 1850-1900 / Suddhaseel Sen

Published New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 248 pages) Series Routledge studies in Shakespeare Routledge studies in Shakespeare. Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Musical Examples -- Acknowledgements -- Preliminary Notes -- Introduction -- Shakespeare's Reception in Non-Anglophone Cultures: Analytical Paradigms -- Theorising Shakespeare Reception Relationally -- Shakespeare and "Nationalist Cosmopolitanism" -- Adaptation Theory and Cross-Cultural Receptions of Shakespeare -- The Case Studies: Patterns and Interconnections -- Part 1 -- 1 Shakespeare Reception in France: Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet and Its Intertexts -- Introduction Shakespeare's Hamlet: Texts and Performances up to the Nineteenth Century -- Hamlet in France: From Ducis to Dumas and Meurice -- Thomas's Hamlet as Opéra Lyrique -- The Operatic Ophélie -- The Afterlife of Thomas's Hamlet -- 2 Nationalism and Aesthetic Self-Fashioning: Giuseppe Verdi's Otello -- Introduction -- Jealousy and Vengeance in Othello and Otello (i): Racial Discourses -- Jealousy and Vengeance in Othello and Otello (ii): Religious Discourses -- Jealousy and Vengeance in Othello and Otello (iii): The Pressures of Patriarchy Verdi's Musical Choices and the Subversion of Racial Stereotypes regarding Jealousy -- Conclusion -- Part 2 -- 3 Challenging the Civilising Mission: Responses to The Tempest by Bankimchandra Chatterjee and Rabindranath Tagore -- Introduction -- Bankim and Bengali Literature After 1857 -- Bankim's Life and Literary Career -- Kapālakunalā: Plot and Intertexts -- The Tempest, Kapālakunalā, and Women in Nineteenth-Century Bengal (i): A Historical Perspective -- The Tempest, Kapālakunalā, and Women in Nineteenth-Century Bengal (ii): A Symbolic Perspective Bankim, Tagore, and the Reception History of The Tempest -- 4 Two Contrasting Cases of Transculturation of Shakespeare From Nineteenth-Century Bengal: Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar's Bhrāntivilās and Girishchandra Ghosh's Macbeth -- Introduction -- Part I: Vidyasagar's Bhrāntivilās -- Life and Times of Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar -- Rereading The Comedy of Errors: Bhrāntivilās and Its Intertexts -- Bhrāntivilās and Feminist Readings of Errors -- Part II: Girishchandra Ghosh's Macbeth -- The Life and Career of Girishchandra Ghosh -- Girishchandra Ghosh's Macbeth: A Case of Colonial Mimicry? -- Conclusion Conclusion -- Adaptation Studies: Synchronic and Diachronic Approaches -- Nationalist Cosmopolitanism and Post-Colonial Mimicry -- Cross-Cultural Shakespeare and New Analytical Frameworks -- Appendix 1 "Imitation" -- Appendix 2 "Śakuntalā, Miranda, and Desdemona" -- References -- Index Summary Shakespeare in the World traces the reception histories and adaptations of Shakespeare in the nineteenth century, when his works became well-known to non-Anglophone communities in both Europe and colonial India. Sen provides thorough and searching examinations of nineteenth-century theatrical, operatic, novelistic, and prose adaptations that are still read and performed, in order to argue that, crucial to the transmission and appeal of Shakespeare's plays were the adaptations they generated in a wide range of media. These adaptations, in turn, made the absorption of the plays into different "national" cultural traditions possible, contributing to the development of "nationalist cosmopolitanisms" in the receiving cultures. Sen challenges the customary reading of Shakespeare reception in terms of "hegemony" and "mimicry," showing instead important parallels in the practices of Shakespeare adaptation in Europe and colonial India. Shakespeare in the World strikes a fine balance between the Bard's iconicity and his colonial and post-colonial afterlives, and is an important contribution to Shakespeare studies Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Suddhaseel Sen is Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Bombay. He has a PhD in English (Collaborative Programme in South Asian Studies) from the University of Toronto and a second PhD in Musicology from Stanford University. Sen has been a Research Fellow for the Balzan Research Project, Towards a Global History of Music, directed by Reinhard Strohm. His publications include essays on Shakespeare adaptations; cross-cultural exchanges between Indian and British musicians; Richard Wagner and German Orientalism; nineteenth-century Bengali literature and culture; and films by Satyajit Ray and Vishal Bhardwaj, among others Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 07, 2021) Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Appreciation -- Europe Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Appreciation -- India Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Adaptations. SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast Subject LITERARY CRITICISM -- General. Art appreciation Europe India Genre/Form Adaptations Form Electronic book ISBN 1000206068 9781003099789 1003099785 9781000206036 1000206033 9781000206005 1000206009 9781000206067

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