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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255249403321

Autore

Pensalfini Rob

Titolo

Prison Shakespeare : For These Deep Shames and Great Indignities / / by Rob Pensalfini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-45021-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 246 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Shakespeare Studies

Classificazione

LIT000000LIT013000LIT015000

Disciplina

365/.668

Soggetti

British literature

Literature, Modern

Literature—History and criticism

Corrections

Punishment

Poetry

British and Irish Literature

Early Modern/Renaissance Literature

Literary History

Prison and Punishment

Poetry and Poetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note:  Introduction -- The History of Prison Shakespeare -- The Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble's Shakespeare Prison Project -- The Prisoner's Condition -- The Claims of Prison Shakespeare -- What's So Special about Shakespeare? --  Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the development of the global phenomenon of Prison Shakespeare, from its emergence in the 1980s to the present day. It provides a succinct history of the phenomenon and its spread before going on to explore one case study the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble's (Australia) Shakespeare Prison Project in detail. The book then analyses the phenomenon from a number of perspectives, and



evaluates a number of claims made about the outcomes of such programs, particularly as they relate to offender health and behaviour. Unlike previous works on the topic, which are largely individual case studies, this book focuses not only on Prison Shakespeare's impact on the prisoners who directly participate, but also on prison culture and on broader social attitudes towards both prisoners and Shakespeare.