Shakespeare and accentism / edited by Adele Lee.

SeriesRoutledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature
Contents Introduction: "The accent of his tongue affecteth him" / Adele Lee -- "Accents yet unknown" : in search of Shakespeare's foreign accents / Ema Vyroubalov©Ł -- "The stranger's case" : accenting Shakespeare's "ESL characters" / Matthew Davies -- All one mutual cry : the myth of standard accents in Shakespearean performance / Ronan Paterson -- How should Shakespeare sound? Actors and the journey from OP to RP / Alec Paterson -- Accentism, anglocentrism, and multilingualism in South African Shakespeares / Christopher Thurman -- "What doth your speech import?" The implication of accents in Indian Shakespeares / Koel Chatterjee -- "What country, friends, is this?" The Indian accent vs. received pronunciation in productions of Twelfth night / Taarini Mookherjee -- "Rackers of orthography"? Speaking Shakespeare in "Engrish" / Adele Lee -- Alien accents : signifying the Shakespearean Other in audio performances / Douglas M. Lanier -- Afterword / Carla Della Gatta.
Abstract "This collection explores the consequences of accentism in the Shakespeare industry across languages and cultures, past and present"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2020043546
ISBN9780367676735 (hardback)
ISBN9780367676766 (paperback)
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