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Introduction
No full textThe introduction outlines the collection’s approach to Shakespeare and the study of space, giving an overview of work previously done in the field and offering a taxonomy of notions of space as a theoretical basis for the detailed treatments in the individual essays: (1) structural/topological space, (2) stage space/setting/locality, (3) linguistic/poetic space, (4) social/gendered space, (5) early modern geographies, (6) cultural spaces/contact zones, and (7) the material world/cultural imaginary. The Shakespearean stage is conceived as a topological ‘node’, or interface between different times, places and people—an approach which also invokes Edward Soja’s notion of ‘Thirdspace’ to describe the blend between the real and the imaginary characteristic of Shakespeare’s multifaceted theatrical world. The introduction finishes with a concise summary of the essays in the volume
Hamlet's Mobility: The Reception of Shakespeare's Tragedy in US-American and Canadian Narrative Fiction
No full textThis essay presents a comprehensive study of how Hamlet figures in North American fiction. Gabriele Rippl takes her cue from Stephen Greenblatt’s notion of Shakespeare’s ‘theatrical mobility’ (Greenblatt, Cultural Mobility. Cambridge University Press, 2010). This initial mobility, based on the playwright’s own borrowings, appears to facilitate, or even instigate further migrations. Rippl proceeds to give an overview of adaptations of Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the USA and Canada, thus providing an insight into the historical and cultural uses to which the play has been put by authors such as John Updike or Margaret Atwood. Phenomena such as the ‘republicanization’ of Shakespeare (James Fenimore Cooper), or his appropriation for a feminist counter-discourse in Canada circumscribe a space for the negotiation of cultural and political identities
"Without Borders, Without a Home of Her Own, a Resident Everywhere and Nowhere": South Asian American Transnationalisms and Diasporas in Jhumpa Lahiri's Oeuvre
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Review of "The Great American Songbooks: Musical Texts, Modernism & The Value of Popular Culture" by T. Austin Graham
No full textThe 2008 Dublin James Joyce Summer School: "This One Time, at Joyce Camp…"
Get PDFInformation about several topics discussed at the 2008 Dublin James Joyce Summer School Program is presented. Topic includes the speech of Anne Fogarty, Director of University College Dublin's Center for Research for James Joyce Studies, wherein she stresses the contentious issue of paralysis. The program featured several speakers including Morris Beja, Philip Kitcher and Maria McGarrity
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