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Shakespeare in Japan / [Book] / Tetsuo Kishi and Graham Bradshaw.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New York : Continuum, 2006.Description: xii, 153 pages. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0826492703 (paperback)
  • 9780826492708 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 822.33
Other classification:
  • 822.33
Summary: Since the late Meiji period, Shakespeare has held a central place in Japanese literary culture. This account explores the conditions of Shakespeare's reception and assimilation. It considers the problems of translation both cultural and linguistic, and includes an extensive illustrated survey of the most significant Shakespearean productions and adaptations, and the contrasting responses of Japanese and Western critics. .
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Since the late Meiji period, Shakespeare has held a central place in Japanese literary culture. This account explores the conditions of Shakespeare's reception and assimilation. It considers the problems of translation both cultural and linguistic, and includes an extensive illustrated survey of the most significant Shakespearean productions and adaptations, and the contrasting responses of Japanese and Western critics. .

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