{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-asia-2","title":"Shakespeare and Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShakespeare and Asia\u003c\/em\u003e brings together innovative scholars from Asia or with Asian connections to explore these matters of East-West and global contexts then and now. The collection ranges from interpretations of Shakespeare’s plays and his relations with other authors like Marlowe and Dickens through Shakespeare and history and ecology to studies of film, opera or scholarship in Japan, Russia, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan and mainland China. The adaptations of Kozintsev and Kurosawa; Bollywood adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays; different Shakespearean dramas and how they are interpreted, adapted and represented for the local Pakistani audience; the Peking-opera adaptation of Hamlet ; Féng Xiǎogāng’s \u003ci\u003eThe Banquet\u003c\/i\u003e as an adaptation of Hamlet; the ideology of the film, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare Wallah\u003c\/i\u003e. Asian adaptations of Hamlet will be at the heart of this volume. Hamlet is also analyzed in light of Oedipus and the Sphinx. Shakespeare is also considered as a historicist and in terms of what influence he has on Chinese writers and historical television. \u003ci\u003eLear is Here\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCleopatra and Her Fools\u003c\/i\u003e, two adapted Shakespearean plays on the contemporary Taiwanese stage, are also discussed. This collection also examines in Shakespeare the patriarchal prerogative and notion of violence; carnival and space in the comedies; the exotic and strange; and ecology. The book is rich, ranging and innovative and will contribute to Shakespeare studies, Shakespeare and media and film, Shakespeare and Asia and global Shakespeare.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247526695256,"sku":"9780367664527","price":56.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367664527.jpg?v=1770309015","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/shakespeare-and-asia-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}