Jeffrey R. Wilson

Shakespeare and Game of Thrones (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Jeffrey R. Wilson shows how that connection was mediated by Shakespeare, and how a knowledge of the Shakespearean context enriches our understanding of the literary elements of Game of Thrones.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000228687
• Artikelnr.: 60486303

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey R. Wilson is a faculty member in the Writing Program at Harvard University, USA, where he teaches the Why Shakespeare? section of the university's first-year writing course. Focused on intersections of Renaissance literature and modern sociology, his work has appeared in the academic journals Modern Language Quarterly, Genre, and College Literature, and public venues like National Public Radio, Salon, and MLA's Profession.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Tudor Myth 2. Martin's Shakespeare 3. The Shakespearean
Slingshot 4. Composition History and Co(rporate)-Authorship 5. From True
Tragedy to Historical Fantasy 6. Comical-Tragical-Historical-Pastoral:
Mixed Genre 7. Narrative Relief: From Comedy to Nudity 8. Spectacle and
Success from the Medieval Church Service to CGI 9. Game of Thrones as
Shakespearean Performance: Interviews with the Actors 10. External
Predictability, Internal Unpredictability 11. Eddard as Gloucester: De
Casibus Virorum Illustrum 12. Wars of Roses: A Literary Trope in Social
Life 13. The Stigmatized Protagonist: The Tragic Model and the Heroic Model
14. Girl Power: Mimetic Feminism and Rhetorical Misogyny 15. Generic Bias:
Gender, Race, Criticism 16. The Bloody Hand: Intertextual Metatheater 17.
The Targaryen Myth 18. How George R.R. Martin Changed the Ending of Game Of
Thrones 19. Fandom as IKEA Effect