Christa Jansohn Books

This volume contains a collection of essays on Shakespeare Jubilees around the world, from 1769 to 2014. The contributions range from the elaborate celebrations in Shakespeare's hometown to more modest festivities elsewhere; and from ambitious, theatrical, and politically loaded demonstrations to nationally colored, culturally distinct, and idiosyncratic commemorations. The variety of ways in which geographically distant countries have remembered Shakespeare has never before been the object of a comparative study. The book's essays will throw new light on Shakespeare as a shared international heritage. (Series: Studies on English Literature / Studien zur englischen Literatur - Vol. 27) [Subject: Literary Studies, Shakespearean Studies, Theater Studies]

"This collection of fifteen essays offers a sample of German Shakespeare studies at the turn of the century. The articles are written by scholars in the old "Bundeslander" and deal with topics such as culture, memory and natural sciences in Shakespeare's work, Shakespearean spin-offs, and the reception of Venice and Shylock in Germany. Series: Shakespeare and His Contemporaries."--Publisher's website.

Das Phänomen varianter Fassungen spielt in der praktischen Editionsarbeit eine wichtige Rolle, ist aber noch nie systematisch erforscht und dargestellt worden. Die Beiträge des Bandes gehen auf eine Tagung zurück, die sich aus interdisziplinärer und internationaler Perspektive mit der Variante beschäftigt hat. Anhand exemplarischer Beispiele aus zahlreichen Epochen wird das Phänomen theoretisch und praktisch problematisiert.

This work marks the 400th anniversary of the death of one of England's greatest monarchs, a highly intelligent and successful ruler. The volume appeals to everyone interested in the charismatic character of Elizabeth I, her time and cultural afterlife. Contributors focus on important aspects of Elizabeth's subtle and resourceful political power and the longstanding struggle she faced at home and abroad as well as the threats posed to her realm. This edition presents a series of essays about fictional representations of Queen Elizabeth I in literature, music, and film. Articles illuminate the fascinating story of her numerous afterlives and their significance for the cultural history of England, its sense of identity and psyche. Essays investigate the ceremony, festivities, and dance practices at her court and bring to life the cultural significance of this colorful and extraordinary monarch.Christa Jansohn is professor of British culture at the University of Bamberg, Germany.

"Old age and ageing is not simply a fixed biological or chronological process but a complex cultural and social phenomenon. The essays in this volume explore fiction and the arts as sources of information about how artists encounter age(ing) in different epochs and different social and cultural environments. The authors deal with questions of the ageing artist and his or her style, with specific gender problems and the representation of age in popular culture and film. The volume makes no claim to present a definitive analysis of age(ing) but rather attempts to show how fiction and the arts add a further dimension to our understanding of the quality of old age and ageing. The articles in this volume were first presented at a conference of the Centre for British Studies in May 2002 at the University of Bamberg. Christa Jansohn is Professor of British Culture at the University of Bamberg and Director of the Centre for British Studies. "

Das als Einführung konzipierte Buch widmet sich dem stark expandierenden Bereich der ‚New Literatures in English‘, die einen bedeutenden Teil der literarischen Produktion in der englischsprachigen Welt ausmachen. In einzelnen Kapiteln werden ausgewählte Interpretationen der Literatur verschiedener Länder oder Regionen vorgestellt, darunter „South African Literature“, „Indian Literature“, „Australian Literature“ und „New Zealand Literature“. Kommentierte Leselisten, ausführliche Literaturhinweise und Internet-Adressen ergänzen den Band. Die Sammlung umfasst sieben Essays führender Wissenschaftler, die sich mit einem der spannendsten Bereiche der Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften befassen. Trotz des jüngsten Interesses an diesem Thema gibt es nur wenige Einführungen, die literarische Interpretationen einzelner Schlüsseltexte bieten. Die meisten Studien konzentrieren sich auf individuelle Autoren oder allgemeine postkoloniale Theorien. Diese Sammlung möchte diese Lücke schließen, indem sie anregende und umfassende Interpretationen wichtiger Texte aus verschiedenen Genres bietet und gleichzeitig Informationen über die Vielfalt und den Reichtum der postkolonialen Literatur bereitstellt. Jedes Essay endet mit einem umfassenden, annotierten Leitfaden für weiterführende Lektüre und richtet sich sowohl an Studienanfänger als auch an fortgeschrittene Studierende.

This collection of essays attempts to address some problems of editorial theory and practice which its contributors have either encountered in their own work as practicing editors or as critical users of English editions. It also discusses more general questions, i. e. linguistic problems of editing, the problems of editing bilingual editions or school editions and the difficult economics of scholarly editions today. There are also essays on editing performance poetry, the waning impact of analytical bibliography, the role of teaching and learning editing as well as on the situation of editorial theory and practice among Anglicists in Germany. Several of the essays in this volume began their lives as papers for a workshop on »Editorial Problems« held at the annual meeting of the German 'Anglistentag' in Gießen in September 1997.