Shakespeare and Comics - (Shakespeare and Adaptation) by Jim Casey & Brandon Christopher & Mark Thornton Burnett (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- From their inception, 'low culture' comics have intersected with the 'high culture' of Shakespeare.
- About the Author: Jim Casey is an independent scholar based in the USA.
- 264 Pages
- Literary Criticism, Shakespeare
- Series Name: Shakespeare and Adaptation
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About the Book
"From their inception, 'low culture' comics have intersected with the 'high culture' of Shakespeare. In the first book-length collection dedicated entirely to the exploration of this collision, chapters illuminate the ways in which different texts, time periods, politics, authors, media, approaches and forms interact. Ranging from Classic Comics to Marvel, from tebeo to manga, from independent to mainstream comics, texts explored include Y: The Last Man, Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (The Sandman #19), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, I Am Alfonso Jones, Marvel 1602, Doom 2099, and manga adaptations of The Tempest and Macbeth"--Book Synopsis
From their inception, 'low culture' comics have intersected with the 'high culture' of Shakespeare. This is the first book-length collection dedicated entirely to the exploration of this collision.
Its chapters illuminate the ways in which different texts, time periods, politics, authors, media, approaches and forms interact. Ranging from Classic Comics to Marvel, from tebeo to manga, from independent to mainstream comics, texts explored include Y: The Last Man, Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (The Sandman #19), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, I Am Alfonso Jones, Marvel 1602, Doom 2099, and manga adaptations of The Tempest and Macbeth, among many others. As comic books and their big-screen progeny dominate mainstream popular culture, the association of Shakespeare with comics offers creators and critics tools with which to interrogate the place of Shakespeare within the English and global literary and cultural traditions. Shakespeare and Comics argues that, at a moment when the reassessment and reimagining of literary canons has become more urgent than ever, thinking about Shakespeare through the lens of comics invites us to imagine a literary and cultural landscape in which so-called 'great works' exist alongside and in equal conversation with marginalized writers, topics and forms.About the Author
Jim Casey is an independent scholar based in the USA.
Brandon Christopher is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Winnipeg, Canada.Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .63 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.0 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 264
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: Shakespeare
Series Title: Shakespeare and Adaptation
Publisher: Arden Shakespeare
Format: Hardcover
Author: Jim Casey & Brandon Christopher & Mark Thornton Burnett
Language: English
Street Date: September 19, 2024
TCIN: 1003697349
UPC: 9781350401341
Item Number (DPCI): 247-02-2504
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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