Shakespeare and Accentism

Adele Lee is Associate Professor of early modern literature at Emerson College, USA. She specializes in Renaissance travel writing and "global Shakespeare" and is the author of The English Renaissance and the Far East: Cross-Cultural Encounters (2017).

• Introduction: "The Accent of his Tongue Affecteth him." Adele LeeChapter One: "Accents yet unknown:" In Search of Shakespeare’s Foreign Accents. Ema VyroubalováChapter Two: "The stranger’s case:" Accenting Shakespeare’s "ESL Characters." Matthew DaviesChapter Three: All One Mutual Cry: The Myth of Standard Accents in Shakespearean Performance. Ronan PatersonChapter Four: How Should Shakespeare Sound? Actors and the Journey from OP to RP. Alec PatersonChapter Five: Accentism, Anglocentrism, and Multilingualism in South African Shakespeares. Christopher ThurmanChapter Six: "What doth your speech import?" The Implication of Accents in Indian Shakespeares. Koel ChatterjeeChapter Seven: "What country, friends, is this?" The Indian Accent vs. Received Pronunciation in Productions of Twelfth Night. Taarini MookherjeeChapter Eight: "Rackers of Orthography"? Speaking Shakespeare in "Engrish." Adele Lee Chapter Nine: Alien Accents: Signifying the Shakespearean Other in Audio Performances. Douglas M. LanierAfterword: Carla Della Gatta