South African Essays on }}}Universal}}} Shakespeare [Hardcover]

South African Essays on Universal Shakespeare collects new scholarship and extant (but previously unpublished) material, reflecting the changing nature of Shakespeare studies across various generation gaps. Each essay, in exploring the nuances of Shakespearean production and reception across time and space, is inflected by a South African connection. In some cases, this is simply because of the authors nationality or institutional affiliation; in others, there is a direct engagement with what Shakespeare means, or has meant, in South Africa. By investigating the universality of Shakespeare from both implicitly and explicitly southern perspectives, the book presents new possibilities for considering (and reassessing) shifting manifestations of Shakespeares work in major Shakespearean centres such as Britain and the United States, as well as across the global North and South.Chris Thurman is Associate Professor in English at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He edits the journal Shakespeare in Southern Africa.