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- ISBN 9783631577349
- Weight: 230g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 27 Jul 2009
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Paperback
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This volume is the outcome of the Ira Aldridge Symposium, which the British and Commonwealth Studies Department, University of Łódź (Poland), organized to celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of the birth of this great Afro-American Shakespearean actor (1807-1867). The collection provides invaluable insight into Aldridge’s contribution to abolitionist debates raging in mid-nineteenth century in the United States and England. Moreover, it discusses his reception among varied audiences in European countries, such as Germany, Poland, Russia and the Austrian Empire. Last but not least, Aldridge’s traces and echoes in modern times are investigated.
The Editors: Krystyna Kujawińska Courtney, Head of the British and Commonwealth Studies Department, University of Łódź (Poland), is author of several monographs. Shakespeare is her main field of academic research, though she is also interested in literary critical theory, especially cultural and gender studies.
Maria A. Łukowska is an adjunct at the British and Commonwealth Studies at the University of Łódź. She has authored several essays and monographs. Her interests focus on cultural anthropology.
Maria A. Łukowska is an adjunct at the British and Commonwealth Studies at the University of Łódź. She has authored several essays and monographs. Her interests focus on cultural anthropology.
