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100 1 a| Karim-Cooper, Farah,e| author.=| ^A791849;

245 14 a| The great white bard :b| how to love Shakespeare while talking about race /c| Farah Karim-Cooper.;

250 a| First United States edition.;

264 1 a| [New York, New York] :b| Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,c| 2023.;

300 a| vii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations (chiefly color) ;c| 24 cm;

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500 a| Place of publication from publisher's website.;

500 a| Originally published: London : Oneworld Publications, 2023.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-318) and index.;

520 a| "As we witness monuments of white Western history fall, many are asking how is Shakespeare still relevant? Professor Farah Karim-Cooper has dedicated her career to the Bard, which is why she wants to take the playwright down from his pedestal to unveil a Shakespeare for the twenty-first century. If we persist in reading Shakespeare as representative of only one group, as the very pinnacle of the white Western canon, then he will truly be in peril. Combining piercing analysis of race, gender and otherness in famous plays from Antony and Cleopatra to The Tempest with a radical reappraisal of Elizabethan London, The Great White Bard asks us neither to idealize nor bury Shakespeare but instead to look him in the eye and reckon with the discomforts of his plays, playhouses and society. In inviting new perspectives and interpretations, we may yet prolong and enrich his extraordinary legacy"--c| Provided by publisher.;

505 0 a| Prologue -- The making of a great White bard -- Barbarous spectacle -- Mythologising the tawny queen -- Model minority -- Staging hate -- Shakespeare's White settler -- Tragedy and interracial poetry -- Anti-Black comedy -- Epilogue.;

600 10 a| Shakespeare, William,d| 1564-1616x| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A18691;

650 0 a| Race in literature.=| ^A235583;

650 0 a| Other (Philosophy) in literature.=| ^A606805;

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650 7 a| Race in literature.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01086506;

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The great white bard : how to love Shakespeare while talking about race / Farah Karim-Cooper.

Author/creator	Karim-Cooper, Farah author.
Format	Book
Edition	First United States edition.
Publication	[New York, New York] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2023.
Description	vii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Subjects	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation. Race in literature. Other (Philosophy) in literature.

Contents	Prologue -- The making of a great White bard -- Barbarous spectacle -- Mythologising the tawny queen -- Model minority -- Staging hate -- Shakespeare's White settler -- Tragedy and interracial poetry -- Anti-Black comedy -- Epilogue.
Abstract	"As we witness monuments of white Western history fall, many are asking how is Shakespeare still relevant? Professor Farah Karim-Cooper has dedicated her career to the Bard, which is why she wants to take the playwright down from his pedestal to unveil a Shakespeare for the twenty-first century. If we persist in reading Shakespeare as representative of only one group, as the very pinnacle of the white Western canon, then he will truly be in peril. Combining piercing analysis of race, gender and otherness in famous plays from Antony and Cleopatra to The Tempest with a radical reappraisal of Elizabethan London, The Great White Bard asks us neither to idealize nor bury Shakespeare but instead to look him in the eye and reckon with the discomforts of his plays, playhouses and society. In inviting new perspectives and interpretations, we may yet prolong and enrich his extraordinary legacy"-- Provided by publisher.
General note	Place of publication from publisher's website.
General note	Originally published: London : Oneworld Publications, 2023.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-318) and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Karim-Cooper, Farah. Great white bard New York : Viking, 2023 9780593489383
Genre/form	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
LCCN	2023026890
ISBN	9780593489376 (hardcover)
ISBN	0593489373 (hardcover)
ISBN	(ebook)

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