Shakespeare as German author : : reception, translation theory, and cultural transfer / / edited by John A. McCarthy.

• Superior document: Amsterdamer Beitrage zur neueren Germanistik ; Volume 90
• TeilnehmendeR: McCarthy, John A. 1942-2022,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill Rodopi,, [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik ; Volume 90.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (259 pages).
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004361596
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by John A. McCarthy.

Shakespeare as German Author , edited by John McCarthy, revisits in particular the formative phase of German Shakespeare reception 1760-1830. Following a detailed introduction to the historical and theoretical parameters of an era in search of its own literary voice, six case studies examine Shakespeare’s catalytic role in reshaping German aesthetics and stage production. They illuminate what German speakers found so appealing (or off-putting) about Shakespeare’s spirit, consider how translating it nurtured new linguistic and aesthetic sensibilities, and reflect on its relationship to German Geist through translation and cultural transfer theory. In the process, they shed new light, e.g., on the rise of Hamlet to canonical status, the role of women translators, and why Titus Andronicus proved so influential in twentieth-century theater performance. Contributors are: Lisa Beesley, Astrid Dröse, Johanna Hörnig, Till Kinzel, John A. McCarthy, Curtis L. Maughan, Monika Nenon, Christine Nilsson.