Contemporaneous Shakespeare: Context, Intertextuality, Multiple Perspectives

Author: Zhang Chong
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: Shakespeare not only provides endless possibilities for textual research and translation but also offers ready-made scripts for the screen and theater. Through the efforts of directors and actors, his visual and auditory charm is presented to the world. Zhu Jingmei, with her unique literary and performing intuition, has seen the cinematic universe within Shakespeare's dramatic soliloquies and offers valuable suggestions on how to portray the soliloquies of Shakespearean plays on stage or screen, which often leave readers spellbound. The book contains over thirty articles, covering a wide range of topics with in-depth discussions and diverse perspectives. The authors include scholars who have dedicated their entire or most of their lives to Shakespeare's cause and have achieved remarkable accomplishments, as well as emerging young scholars in recent years. Therefore, this collection, to some extent, reflects the achievements and current state of Shakespeare studies in China, and also demonstrates the potential and possibility for Chinese Shakespeare studies to contribute more voices to the international academic community. After all, for us, the era in which Shakespeare lived was one where culture could flow more freely and conveniently on a global scale. As Chinese scholars, we should embody this timeliness.