EUROPEAN SHAKESPEARES Translating Shakespeare in the Romantic Age -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Editorial Note -- Introduction -- 1. Once again"Shakespeare in Europe"? -- 2. The Translational Dimension -- 3. Normative and Descriptive Attitudes -- 4. Looking Back and Looking Forward -- 5. Shakespeare Abroad and English Studies -- Notes -- References -- Shakespeareen France au tournant du XVIIIe siècle. Un dossier européen -- 1. Principales étapes de la recherche -- 2. Traduction et littérature -- 3. Les inconvénients de l'approche normative -- 4. La France et les traditions européennes -- 5. Conflits, paradoxes et paradigmes -- 6. Bilan -- Notes -- Bibliographie -- The Romanticism of the Schlegel-Tieck Shakespeare and the History of Nineteenth-Century German Shakespeare Translation -- 1. Organic Poetry and Shakespeare Translation -- 2. Romanticism and Anti-Romanticism after Schlegel -- 3. Towards a Methodology of Analysing Nineteenth-Century Translations -- References -- Shakespeare's Way into the West Slavic Literatures and Cultures -- 1. Bohemia, Poland, and Slovakia: Common Traits and Basic Differences -- 2. Shakespeare Translations and Performances in Bohemia -- 3. Shakespeare Translations and Performances in Poland -- 4. Shakespeare Translations in Slovakia -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Russian Shakespeare Translations in the Romantic Era -- 1. Shakespeare in Neoclassical Garb -- 2. Trends in Romantic Shakespeare Translation -- 3. RomanticShakespeare Translation in Action -- References -- The Discovery of Shakespeare in Scandinavia -- 1. Introduction: Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Scandinavia -- 2. Danish Neoclassicism and Pre-Romanticism -- 3. Copenhagen's Passionate Years, 1770-1780 -- 4. Rosenfeldt, Foersom, and Oehlenschläger -- 5. Norway -- 6. Sweden -- References -- Report -- Notes.

References -- An Unpublished Pre-Romantic «Hamlet» in Eighteenth-Century Italy -- 1. Alessandro Verri and Shakespeare Translation in Italy -- 2. Verri's Translation of Hamlet -- 3. Verri's Relationship to Voltaire and French Culture -- 4. Translation Choices in «Hamlet» -- 5. Verri's Style as a Translator of «Hamlet» -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Simão de Melo Brandãoand the First Portuguese Version of «Othello» -- 1. Aspects of the Portuguese Theatre During the Eighteenth Century -- 2. Shakespeare in Portugal: the First References -- 3. The Authorship of «Othello, ou o Mouro de Veneza» -- 4. The Source Text and Other Preliminary Matters -- 5. Brandão's Approach as a Translator -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Providing Texts for a Literary Cult. Early Translations of Shakespeare in Hungary -- 1. Aspects and Phases of the Hungarian Shakespeare Cult -- 2. Translations in the Age of Initiation -- 3. Indirect Ways to Shakespeare -- Bibliography -- ShakespeareTranslations for Eighteenth-Century Stage Productions in Germany: Different Versions of «Macbeth» -- 1. Literary and Theatrical Contexts -- 2. Translating «Macbeth» for the Stage -- 3. Bürger, Schiller and Wagner, and the Moral and Political Level of Meaning in «Macbeth» -- 4. The Translators and the Metaphysical Level -- 5. Summary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Report -- Heurs et malheurs de «Roméo et Juliette» en France à l'époque romantique -- 1. De Ducis à Le Tourneur -- 2. Tentatives diverses -- 3. «Roméo et Juliette» sur la scène -- 4. Vigny et Deschamps -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliographie -- The Comic Matrix of Early German Shakespeare Translation -- 1. Comedy and Laughter in the Eighteenth Century -- 2. Wieland's Shakespeare Translation 1762-1766 -- 3. Shakespeare's Comic Matrix and German Romanticism -- 4. «Sturm und Drang» and the Re-evaluation of Comedy -- References.

«Hamlet» inthe Netherlandsinthe Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries.The Complexities of the History of Shakespeare's Reception. -- 1. Shakespeare in the Netherlands. A Methodological Note -- 2. Some Hypotheses on the Functional Role of Shakespeare in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries -- 3. The Case of «Hamlet» -- 4. By Way of Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Report -- ROUND TABLE -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- Index.