{"product_id":"collaborations-with-the-past-9780801477904","title":"Collaborations with the Past","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the artists studied here, we pick and choose our Shakespeares, and through that labor another story emerges. Frozen in time on the page or screen, some of those collaborations continue to speak, but denuded of their immediate moment and surroundings; we are left to supplement the traces. In recovering that past, the present takes on greater clarity and contrast. But the proof must be in the telling. A writer lifts a pen. Enter the multiple forcespolitical and economic, psychological, formal, and technicalthat serendipitously transform imagination into memory. Let the collaborative play begin.from the Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on key writers, actors, theater directors, and filmmakers who have kept Shakespeare at the center of their endeavors over the past two hundred years, \u003ci\u003eCollaborations with the Past\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates not only the playwright''s work but also the choices and responsibilities involved in re-creating culture, and the ingenuity and peril of the artistic process\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollaborations with the Past\u003c\/i\u003e is a thought-provoking analysis of Shakespeare's role in key periods of English cultural history, from the Romantics, represented by Sir Walter Scott, through to present-day film, television, and stage productions of \u003ci\u003eThe Taming of the Shrew\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHenry V.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Review of English Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most probing and productive collaborations with Shakespeare, the English past, and the 'woman's part’ recorded in these pages are arguably those undertaken by Diana E. Henderson herself, in a performance made the more compelling by the unusual blend of intelligence and sheer scholarly panache with which it is tendered.\u003c\/p\u003e * Comparative Drama *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eShake-shifting: An Introduction\u003cb\u003ePart One: Novel Transformations\u003c\/b\u003e1. Bards of the Borders: Scott's \u003ci\u003eKenilworth\u003c\/i\u003e, the Nineteenth Century’s Shakespeare, and the Tragedy of \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e2. A Fine Romance: \u003ci\u003eCymbeline\u003c\/i\u003e, [\u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e], and \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Media Crossings\u003c\/b\u003e3. The Return of the Shrew: New Media, Old Stories, and Shakespearean Comedy4. What’s Past Is Prologue: Shakespeare’s History and the Modern Performance of \u003ci\u003eHenry V\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405156393303,"sku":"9780801477904","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801477904.jpg?v=1730488914","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/collaborations-with-the-past-9780801477904","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}