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Applying Pierre Bourdieu's ideas of 'consecration' and cultural capital, shows how the Arden 1 series of Shakespeare editions was aimed at a scholarly (university) audience at a time when English literature was emerging as a discipline. Considers sales and reception of series, including early losses under general editorship of Edward Dowden and continued support by publisher Algernon Methuen. English summary, 32-33.

Describes the "complete reproduction of Shakespeare's birthplace" in Maruyama, Japan. Considers this reproduction in relation to theme parks, simulacra and authenticity, and tourism. Suggests that this reproduction is part of a "Japanese method of historical preservation or conservation" that "reconstructs" other buildings. Reprinted in An Anthropological Lifetime in Japan: The Writings of Joy Hendry (Brill, 2017).

Includes one essay on Shakespeare.

Considers Andrew McCullough's 1953 televised King Lear, starring Orson Welles, as an example of "high baroque" that encourages us to question "reification and the spectacle society." Suggests that this Lear communicates, "in spite of it all," "a certain kind of invigoration."

Examines "Seeing More Clearly with the Eyes of Love," a 2016 liturgy that interleaved quotations from Midsummer Night's Dream with religious texts, as well as audience responses to the liturgy. Suggests that the metaphor of washing eyes prompted reflections on seeing clearly; notes that this liturgy and its intertextual nature prompted some audience members to think more deeply about loving their neighbors. English summary, 199.

Contends that Shakespeare's plays dramatize "the consequences of" a linguistic nationalism that defines "'a 'right' and a 'wrong' way to be 'English'" based on how characters speak. Shows how hierarchies of class, language, and nationality are imbricated. English summary, 176.

"Analyzes the aesthetic effects of poetic prose"; traces impact of Macbeth and Hamlet on Anton Chekhov's plays and Boris Pasternak's novel Dr. Zhivago. English summary, 144.

Analyzes Richard III as an evil character, considering his role in the tetralogy, the relation between honor and shame, and his tragic fall.

Reads two stories in Tamora's body: that of the "helpless, captured" Goth and the Queen whose "control and possession" over her body exerts power over those around her. English summary, online.

Includes one essay on Shakespeare.