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  • Robert Lepage's Intercultural Encounters

    Series series Elements in Shakespeare Performance
    This study returns to the origins of Robert Lepage's directorial work and his first cross-cultural interaction with a Shakespearean text to provide some background for his later work. This early work is situated within the political and social context of Quebec and Canada in the 1980s. Constitutional wrangling and government policies of bilingualism, biculturalism and multiculturalism all had a ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Shakespeare in the Theatre: The Stratford Festival

    Series series Shakespeare in the Theatre
    This analysis of the Stratford Festival examines the full history of one of the largest and oldest dedicated centres for the performance of Shakespeare in North America.In English-speaking Canada, the Festival has become the unofficial national theatre, drawing both praise and criticism. Dividing its history into three distinct periods, the volume begins with the foundation of the company, moving ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Shakespeare Studies

    Volume 51

    Series series Shakespeare Studies
    Shakespeare Studies is an annual peer-reviewed volume featuring the work of performance scholars, literary critics and cultural historians. The journal focuses primarily on Shakespeare and his contemporaries, but embraces theoretical and historical studies of socio-political, intellectual and artistic contexts that extend well beyond the early modern English theatrical milieu. In addition to ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • Odd Jobs - Six Files from the Department of Inhuman Resources

    They don't want you to read this.This manuscript—leaked to the public by the (former) director of the Department of Inhuman Resources, TJ Price—comprises six accounts about the Company from award-winning and noteworthy authors:AI JIANG details a terrifyingly plausible ordeal in a near-future where every day is slick with oilIVY GRIMES tells the tale of one promotion-obsessed worker in a very ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shakespeare and the Digital World

    Redefining Scholarship and Practice

    Edited by Christie Carson, Peter Kirwan ...
    Due to the unique cultural capital of his works, Shakespeare has long been the test subject for new methods and digital advances in arts scholarship. Shakespeare sits at the forefront of the digital humanities - in archiving, teaching, performance and editing - impacting on scholars, theatres and professional organisations alike. The pace at which new technologies have developed is unprecedented ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Shakespeare beyond English

    A Global Experiment

    Tackling vital issues of politics, identity and experience in performance, this book asks what Shakespeare's plays mean when extended beyond the English language. From April to June 2012 the Globe to Globe Festival offered the unprecedented opportunity to see all of Shakespeare's plays performed in many different world languages. Thirty-eight productions from around the globe were presented in six ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

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    Allophones, Immigrants and Belonging in Canada

    Ungrateful, opportunistic, moochers, dangerous, incompatible with our values and our way of life…Every immigrant demographic has heard these descriptors at some point in their migration history. We, the Others takes a contemporary look at the xenophobia, ethno-nationalism, and fear of the “other” that leads to discrimination and the belief that immigration is a polluting force.Rooted in the author ... Read more

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  • Arrival

    The Story of CanLit

    “The most important book to be written in more than 40 years about the rise of Canadian literature… Arrival: The Story of CanLit brims and crackles, in equal measure, with information and energy.” — Winnipeg Free PressA Globe and Mail Top 100 BookNational Post 99 Best Books of the YearIn the mid-twentieth century, Canadian literature transformed from a largely ignored trickle of books into an ... Read more

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  • Severance

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    by Ling Ma ...
    Maybe it’s the end of the world, but not for Candace Chen, a millennial, first-generation American and office drone meandering her way into adulthood in Ling Ma’s offbeat, wryly funny, apocalyptic satire, Severance."A stunning, audacious book with a fresh take on both office politics and what the apocalypse might bring." **—**Michael Schaub, NPR.org“A satirical spin on the end times-- kind of like ... Read more

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  • Expo 67

    Not Just a Souvenir

    Expo 67, the world's fair held in Montreal during the summer of 1967, brought architecture, art, design, and technology together into a glittering modern package. Heralding the ideal city of the future to its visitors, the Expo site was perceived by critics as a laboratory for urban and architectural design as well as for cultural exchange, intended to enhance global understanding and ... Read more

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  • Robertson Davies

    A Portrait in Mosaic

    by Val Ross ...
    National bestseller and a Globe and Mail Best BookA fascinating, larger-than-life character, Davies left a treasure trove of stories about him when he died in 1995 — expertly arranged here into a revealing portrait.From his student days onward, Robertson Davies made a huge impression on those around him. He was so clearly bound for a glorious future that some young friends even carefully preserved ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Performance

    Edited by James C. Bulman ...
    The Oxford Handbooks to Shakespeare are designed to record past and present investigations and renewed and revised judgments by both familiar and younger Shakespeare specialists. Each of these volumes is edited by one or more internationally distinguished Shakespeareans; together, they comprehensively survey the entire field. Shakespearean performance criticism has firmly established itself as a ... Read more

    $41.39 USD