Repositioning Shakespeare

Repositioning Shakespeareoffers an original assessment of a broad range of texts and cultural events that appropriate Shakespeare. Examining these materials within the context of 'the nation' in a postcolonial era, Thomas Cartelli considers * essays by Walt Whitma * the nineteenth-century play, 'Jack Cade * novels by Aphra Behn, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Michelle Cliff, Tayeb Salih, Nadine Gordimer and Robert Ston * the 1849 Astor Place Rio Cartelli places particular emphasis on redefining the 'postcolonial' in order to find a place for America. In doing so, Repositioning Shakespearemakes a considerable contribution to the continuing debate about the uses we make of Shakespeare.