Arden Shakespeare Antipodal Shakespeare: Remembering and Forgetting in Britain, Australia and New Zealand, 1916 - 2016

Review A short and poignant collection of essays about a conjunction of public remembrances...Taken together, they offer a powerful account of Shakespeare's role as a mnemonic juggernaut. - Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 Product Description In this collaborative monograph, five scholars from Britain, Australia and New Zealand reflect on the modes of commemoration of Shakespeare in and after the Tercentenary year, 1916, in two hemispheres. They argue that it was at this moment of remembering that global Shakespeare first emerged in recognizable, if embryonic form. Despite a recent surge of interest in the Shakespeare Tercentenary, a great deal has been forgotten about this key moment in the history of the place of Shakespeare in national and global culture much more than has been remembered. In addressing this the book offers new materials and discoveries about, and new interpretations of, the Tercentenary celebrations in Britain and in Australia and New Zealand, and reflects also on the long legacy of those celebrations. About the Author Gordon McMullan is a professor of English at King's College London, UK.