Books by Alexa Alice Joubin (editor)
“This is a book that I wouldn’t expect anybody to read from cover to cover. But if you wanted to look at this whole international, trans-historical issue of how Shakespeare went from being a glover’s son in a one-horse town, Stratford-upon-Avon, to being probably the most globally recognized author of all time, it traces some of those tracks.” Read more...
The best books on Shakespeare’s Reception
Emma Smith, Literary Scholar
Interviews where books by Alexa Alice Joubin (editor) were recommended
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Titus Andronicus (Arden Shakespeare)
by Jonathan Bate & William Shakespeare -
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Reinventing Shakespeare: A Cultural History, from the Restoration to the Present
by Gary Taylor -
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Passing Strange: Shakespeare, Race, and Contemporary America
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Shakespeare on Film
by Judith Buchanan -
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The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Shakespeare
by Alexa Alice Joubin (editor)
The best books on Shakespeare’s Reception, recommended by Emma Smith
The best books on Shakespeare’s Reception, recommended by Emma Smith
In the years after William Shakespeare died, his plays took on a life of their own. They meant different things to different people at different times as they spread around the world, turning a glover’s son from a one-horse town in central England into one of the best-known authors of all time. Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the University of Oxford, recommends books to better understand ‘Shakespeare reception’—the study of Shakespeare since his death.
