Shakespeare and Appropriation
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Accents on Shakespeare
ISBN-10
0415207266
ISBN-13
9780415207263
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 4th, 1999
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
332 grams
Dimensions
14.20 x 21.60 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Shakespeare studies & criticism
Ksh 8,300.00
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This fascinating collection of original essays show how writer's efforts to intimate, contradict, compete with, and reproduce Shakespeare keep him in the cultural conversation.
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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