Shakespeare in the Undiscovered Bourn : Les Kurbas, Ukrainian Modernism, and Early Soviet Cultural Politics.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (280 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions -- A Note on Transcription, Transliteration, and Archival Sources -- Prelude -- 1 Ex Nihilo: The Classics, Wars, and Revolutions -- 2 Tilting at Da Vinci: Kurbas's 1924 Macbeth -- 3 'Authentic' Shakespeare: Saksahansky's Othello -- 4 Toward Socialist Realism: Hnat Yura's A Midsummer Night's Dream -- 5 Coda: The 'Tractor of the Revolution' and 'Vanya Shakespeare' -- Appendix -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Shakespeare in the Undiscovered Bournexamines the complexities of the Soviet encounter with Shakespeare. It thus makes an important contribution to the studies of theatre, cross-culturalism, modernism, and postcolonialism.
9781442679887
Kurbas, Les',-1887-1937-Criticism and interpretation. Shakespeare, William,-1564-1616-Stage history-Ukraine. Theater-Ukraine-History-20th century. Theater and society-Ukraine-History-20th century. Theater-Political aspects-Ukraine-History-20th century. Theater and society-Soviet Union-History. Theater-Political aspects-Soviet Union-History.