The vitality of our culture is still often measured by the status Shakespeare has within it. Contemporary readers and writers continue to exploit Shakespeare”s cultural afterlife in a vivid and creative way. This fascinating collection of original essays shows how writers” efforts to imitate, contradict, compete with, and reproduce Shakespeare keep him in the cultural conversation.
The essays:
* analyze the methods and motives of Shakespearean appropriation
* investigate theoretically the return of the repressed author in discussions of Shakespeare”s cultural function
* put into dialogue theoretical and literary responses to Shakespeare”s cultural authority
* analyze works ranging from nineteenth century to the present, and genres ranging from poetry and the novel to Disney movies.
The essays:
* analyze the methods and motives of Shakespearean appropriation
* investigate theoretically the return of the repressed author in discussions of Shakespeare”s cultural function
* put into dialogue theoretical and literary responses to Shakespeare”s cultural authority
* analyze works ranging from nineteenth century to the present, and genres ranging from poetry and the novel to Disney movies.
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Format EPUB ● Pages 256 ● ISBN 9781134622610 ● Editor Christy Desmet & Robert Sawyer ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4133892 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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