Shakespearean Echoes - (Palgrave Shakespeare Studies) by Kevin J Wetmore Jr (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Shakespearean Echoes assembles a global cast of established and emerging scholars to explore new connections between Shakespeare and contemporary culture, reflecting the complexities and conflicts of Shakespeare's current international afterlife. Shakespearean echoes appear in diverse genres and cultural forms, from pop music of the seventies through the writing of Toni Morrison, to the book and film of Let the Right One In. Chapters deal with digital Shakespeare, Shakespeare on the web, and the powerful echoes of Shakespeare to be found in such seemingly unrelated texts as the television program Lost, sports broadcasts, and Game of Thrones. Within those discussions certain Shakespearean texts (such as Othello or Romeo and Juliet) recur; likewise certain modes of popular culture (such as science fiction) reappear. The collection helps readers navigate the diversity of Shakespeare's legacy"--

Book Synopsis

Shakespearean Echoes assembles a global cast of established and emerging scholars to explore new connections between Shakespeare and contemporary culture, reflecting the complexities and conflicts of Shakespeare's current international afterlife.

About the Author

Laura Campillo Arnaiz, University of Murcia, Spain Todd Landon Barnes, Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA J. Caitlin Finlayson, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA Adam Hansen, Northumbria University, UK Courtney Lehmann, University of the Pacific, USA Alfredo Michel Modenessi, National University of Mexico, Mexico Sharon O'Dair, University of Alabama, USA Laurie E. Osborne, Colby College, USA Amy Rodgers, Mount Holyoke College, USA Greg Colón Semenza, University of Connecticut, USA Lauren Shohet, Villanova University, USA Patricia R. Taylor, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr., Loyola Marymount University, USA