{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-game-of-thrones-9780367632748","title":"Shakespeare and Game of Thrones","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is widely acknowledged that the hit franchise \u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones \u003c\/i\u003eis based on the Wars of the Roses, a bloody fifteenth-century civil war between feuding English families. In this book, Jeffrey R. Wilson shows how that connection was mediated by Shakespeare, and how a knowledge of the Shakespearean context enriches our understanding of the literary elements of \u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the one hand, Shakespeare influenced \u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e indirectly because his history plays significantly shaped the way the Wars of the Roses are now remembered, including the modern histories and historical fictions George R.R. Martin drew upon. On the other, \u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e also responds to Shakespeare's first tetralogy directly by adapting several of its literary strategies (such as shifting perspectives, mixed genres, and metatheater) and tropes (including the stigmatized protagonist and the prince who was promised). Presenting new interviews with the \u003ci\u003eGame of T\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1. The Tudor Myth 2. Martin’s Shakespeare 3. The Shakespearean Slingshot 4. Composition History and Co(rporate)-Authorship 5. From True Tragedy to Historical Fantasy 6. Comical-Tragical-Historical-Pastoral: Mixed Genre 7. Narrative Relief: From Comedy to Nudity 8. Spectacle and Success from the Medieval Church Service to CGI 9. \u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e as Shakespearean Performance: Interviews with the Actors 10. External Predictability, Internal Unpredictability 11. Eddard as Gloucester: \u003ci\u003eDe Casibus Virorum Illustrum \u003c\/i\u003e12. Wars of Roses: A Literary Trope in Social Life 13. The Stigmatized Protagonist: The Tragic Model and the Heroic Model 14. Girl Power: Mimetic Feminism and Rhetorical Misogyny 15. Generic Bias: Gender, Race, Criticism 16. \u003ci\u003eThe Bloody Hand\u003c\/i\u003e: Intertextual Metatheater 17. The Targaryen Myth 18. How George R.R. Martin Changed the Ending of \u003ci\u003eGame Of Thrones \u003c\/i\u003e19. Fandom as IKEA Effect\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017991553367,"sku":"9780367632748","price":24.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367632748.jpg?v=1750775287","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shakespeare-and-game-of-thrones-9780367632748","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}