Worlds Elsewhere by Andrew Dickson
From the sixteenth-century Baltic to the American Revolution, from colonial India to the skyscrapers of modern-day Shanghai, Shakespeare's plays appear at the most fascinating of times. Both cultural history and literary travelogue, it is shows how Shakespeare has become the international phenomenon he is - and why.
Hugely enjoyable.. inspiring ... the book is a joy, full to bursting with surprising incidents, stories and insight -- Dominic Gromgoole * Sunday Times *
There were very few pages on which I didn’t learn something new or revelatory. A must-read for anyone interested in Shakespeare’s impact on people and politics around the globe -- James Shapiro, author of 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
Much more than just a hugely entertaining travelogue. In its original, idiosyncratic way, Dickson’s action-packed global quest amounts to a substantial new contribution to Shakespeare scholarship -- Anthony Holden * Observer *
An extraordinarily exhilarating book. It is like no other Shakespeare criticism you have ever read … his cross-cultural insights into Shakespeare are remarkable … illustrated by and interwoven with many human stories -- Margaret Drabble * New Statesman *
Eye-opening and engrossing * Mail on Sunday *
There were very few pages on which I didn’t learn something new or revelatory. A must-read for anyone interested in Shakespeare’s impact on people and politics around the globe -- James Shapiro, author of 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
Much more than just a hugely entertaining travelogue. In its original, idiosyncratic way, Dickson’s action-packed global quest amounts to a substantial new contribution to Shakespeare scholarship -- Anthony Holden * Observer *
An extraordinarily exhilarating book. It is like no other Shakespeare criticism you have ever read … his cross-cultural insights into Shakespeare are remarkable … illustrated by and interwoven with many human stories -- Margaret Drabble * New Statesman *
Eye-opening and engrossing * Mail on Sunday *
Andrew Dickson is a writer and critic. He grew up in Yorkshire and studied English at Cambridge, later returning to take an MPhil in Renaissance literature, and is currently an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck, University of London. A former arts editor at the Guardian, he writes regularly for the paper and has contributed to the New Yorker and the New Statesman, as well as making frequent appearances on the BBC. He blogs at worldselsewhere.com
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847922458 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847922457 |
| Title | Worlds Elsewhere |
| Author | Andrew Dickson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2015-10-15 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
| Prizes | Long-listed for The PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History 2016 (UK) |
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