Shakespeare in the World traces the reception histories and
adaptations of Shakespeare in the nineteenth century, when his
works became well-known to non-Anglophone communities in both
Europe and colonial India. Sen provides thorough and searching
examinations of nineteenth-century theatrical, operatic,
novelistic, and prose adaptations that are still read and
performed, in order to argue that, crucial to the transmission and
appeal of Shakespeare's plays were the adaptations they generated
in a wide range of media. These adaptations, in turn, made the
absorption of the plays into different "national" cultural
traditions possible, contributing to the development of
"nationalist cosmopolitanisms" in the receiving cultures. Sen
challenges the customary reading of Shakespeare reception in terms
of "hegemony" and "mimicry," showing instead important parallels in
the practices of Shakespeare adaptation in Europe and colonial
India. Shakespeare in the World strikes a fine balance between the
Bard's iconicity and his colonial and post-colonial afterlives, and
is an important contribution to Shakespeare studies.
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