The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 18.0612 Monday, 17 September 2007
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Date: Monday, 17 Sep 2007 12:03:09 +0200
Subject: "Punch" and Shakespeare in the Victorian Era
PETER LANG - International Academic Publishers are pleased to announce a
new book by Alan R. Young
"PUNCH" AND SHAKESPEARE IN THE VICTORIAN ERA
Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien,
2007. 345 pp., 55 fig. ISBN 978-3-03911-078-0 pb.
sFr. 105.00 / EUR* 72.40 / EUR** 74.50 / EUR 67.70 / ? 44.00 / US-$ 87.95
* includes VAT - only valid for Germany
** includes VAT - only valid for Austria
The English humour magazine "Punch, or the London Charivari", which
first appeared in 1841, quickly became something of a national
institution with a large and multi-layered readership. Though comic in
tone, "Punch" was deeply serious about upholding high literary and
artistic standards, about dealing with serious subject-matter, and about
attempting to nurture its readers' appreciation of the national drama
and of Shakespeare's plays in particular. The author's detailed
examination of "Punch's" constant advocacy of Shakespeare reveals
telling new evidence concerning the ubiquitous presence of Shakespeare
within Victorian culture. New research in the "Punch" archives and
elsewhere also reveals the identities of many of the "Punch" authors and
artists. The author shows how those who worked for "Punch" often
subsumed their collective identities within the single persona of Mr.
Punch, a fictional creation who repeatedly presents himself in both
texts and graphics as a close friend and admirer of Shakespeare, a man
able to remind Victorian readers constantly of the supreme literary and
moral values represented by Shakespeare's works.
Contents:
"Punch" and its readers, writers and artists - Readership of "Punch" -
Identities of writers and artists who worked for "Punch" - "Punch",
Shakespeare, and the Theatre - Particular attempts by "Punch" artists
and writers to promote appreciation of Shakespeare - "Punch" and
Shakespeare Transposed - Reactions of "Punch" to transposition of
Shakespeare into other media - Burlesques of Shakespeare in "Punch".
The Author:
Alan R. Young has written extensively on Shakespeare, emblem literature,
the English Renaissance, and the literature of Atlantic Canada. He
studied at the Universities of Bristol, East Anglia, East Africa, and
Alberta, and he has taught at Simon Fraser University and Acadia
University. He is now Emeritus Professor of English at Acadia University.
You can order this book online. Please click on the link below:
Direct order: http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?vLang=E&vID=11078
Or you may send your order to:
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