Pamela Bickley, Jenny Stevens

Studying Shakespeare Adaptation (eBook, ePUB)

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• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Shakespeare's plays have long been open to reimagining and reinterpretation, from John Fletcher's riposte to The Taming of the Shrew in 1611 to present day spin-offs in a whole range of media, including YouTube videos and Manga comics. This book offers a clear route map through the world of adaptation, selecting examples from film, drama, prose fiction, ballet, the visual arts and poetry, and exploring their respective political and cultural interactions with Shakespeare's plays. 36 specific case studies are discussed, three for each of the 12 plays covered, offering additional guidance for readers new to this important area of Shakespeare studies.

The introduction signals key adaptation issues that are subsequently explored through the chapters on individual plays, including Shakespeare's own adaptive art and its Renaissance context, production and performance as adaptation, and generic expectation and transmedial practice. Organized chronologically, the chapters cover the most commonly studied plays, allowing readers to dip in to read about specific plays or trace how technological developments have fundamentally changed ways in which Shakespeare is experienced. With examples encompassing British, North American, South and East Asian, European and Middle Eastern adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, the volume offers readers a wealth of insights drawn from different ages, territories and media.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350068650
• Artikelnr.: 60163472

Autorenporträt

Pamela Bickley taught for nearly 20 years at Royal Holloway, University of London and is a Trustee of the English Association. She is the co-author with Jenny Stevens of Essential Shakespeare: The Arden Guide to Text and Interpretation (2013) and Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama: Text and Performance (2016).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1 Titus Andronicus Chapter 2 Richard III Chapter 3 A
Midsummer Night's Dream Chapter 4 Romeo and Juliet Chapter 5 The Merchant
of Venice Chapter 6 Hamlet Chapter 7 Othello Chapter 8 King Lear Chapter 9
Macbeth Chapter 10 Cymbeline Chapter 11 The Winter's Tale Chapter 12 The
Tempest Conclusion References Index