Title Shakespeare and the Second World War : memory, culture, identity / edited by Irena R. Makaryk and Marissa McHugh.

Descript 1 online resource (xii, 338 pages) : illustrations, portraits, digital file Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents Introduction: Theatre, War, Memory, and Culture / Irena R. Makaryk -- 1German Shakespeare, the Third Reich, and the War / Werner Habicht -- 2 Shakespearean Negotiations in the Perpetrator Society: German Productions of The Merchant of Venice during the Second World War / Zeno Ackermann -- 3 Shylock, Palestine, and the Second World War / Mark Bayer -- 4 'Caesar's word against the world': Caesarism and the Discourses of Empire / Nancy Isenberg -- 5 Shakespeare and Censorship during the Second World War: Othello in Occupied Greece / Tina Krontiris -- 6 'In This Hour of History: Amidst These Tragic Events' -- Polish Shakespeare during the Second World War / Krystyna Kujawin Courtney -- 7 Pasternak's Shakespeare in Wartime Russia / Aleksei Semenenko -- 8 Shakespeare as an Icon of the Enemy Culture in Wartime Japan, 1937-1945 / Ryuta Minami -- 9 'Warlike Noises': Jingoistic Hamlet during the Sino-Japanese Wars / Alexander C.Y. Huang -- 10 Shakespeare, Stratford, and the Second World War / Simon Barker -- 11 Rosalinds, Violas, and Other Sentimental Friendships: The Osiris Players and Shakespeare, 1939-1945 / Peter Billingham -- 12 Maurice Evans's G.I. Hamlet : Analogy, Authority, and Adaptation / Anne Russell -- 13The War at 'Home': Representations of Canada and of the Second World War in Star Crossed / Marissa Mchugh -- 14 Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice in Auschwitz / Tibor Egervari -- 15 Appropriating Shakespeare in Defeat: Hamlet and the Contemporary Polish Vision of War / Katarzyna Kwapisz Williams -- Appendix: List of Productions. Summary The essays demonstrate how the wide variety of ways in which Shakespeare has been recycled, reviewed, and reinterpreted from 1939--1945 are both illuminated by and continue to illuminate the War today. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Appreciation. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- 1800-1950. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. (OCoLC)fst00029048 World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war. DRAMA -- Shakespeare. DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Art appreciation. (OCoLC)fst00815447 War and literature. (OCoLC)fst01170442 World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924 1800-1950 Alt Author Makaryk, Irena R. (Irena Rima), 1951- McHugh, Marissa, 1980- ISBN 9781442698376 (electronic bk.) 1442698373 (electronic bk.) 9781442698383 (electronic bk.) 1442698381 (electronic bk.) 9781442644021 (bound) 1442644028 (bound)