Shakespeare in Ukraine : mirror, prism, megaphone / Irena R. Makaryk.

Author/creator Makaryk, Irene Rima author
Format Book
PublicationToronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press , [2025]
Descriptionxiii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction, Shakespeare in Ukraine : mirror, prism, megaphone -- Calibans all : Shakespeare at the intersection of colonialisms -- "North by north-west" : Shevchenko and Shakespeare -- Ophelia as poet : Lesya Ukrainka and the woman as artist -- Periphery against centre : Hamlet in early Soviet Ukrainian poetry -- Shakespeare right or wrong? -- The perfect production : Les Kurbas's analysis of the early Soviet audience -- In a crooked mirror : Hamlet as intertext in the USSR 1934-43 -- Hamlet, 1943 -- Commemoration as amplification : the "universal" versus the national bard -- Antic dispositions : Shakespeare, war, and cabaret -- Afterword : Shakespeare at war today.
Abstract "This book is a collection of essays on Shakespeare in Ukraine. The eleven essays range across more than 150 years of history, from the earliest performances and translations of Shakespeare into Ukrainian, the Bard's ambiguous position in Soviet literature, and its mobilization during the current war."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Other formsIssued also in electronic format.
Issued in other formOnline version: Makaryk, Irene Rima. Shakespeare in Ukraine. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press , 2025 1487565992 9781487565992
ISBN9781487565978
ISBN1487565976 (cloth)

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