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Book SynopsisFrom fantasy and sci-fi to graphic novels, from boy scouts to board games, from blockbuster films to the cult of theatre, Shakespeare is everywhere in popular culture. Where there is popular culture there are fans and nerds and geeks. The essays in this collection on
Shakespeare and Geek Culture take an innovative approach to the study of Shakespeare's cultural presences, situating his works, his image and his brand to locate and explore the nature of that geekiness that, the authors argue, is a vital but unrecognized feature of the world of those who enjoy and are obsessed by Shakespeare, whether they are scholars, film fans, theatre-goers or members of legions of other groupings in which Shakespeare plays his part.Working at the intersections of a wide range of fields including fan studies and film analysis, cultural studies and fantasy/sci-fi theory the authors demonstrate how the particularities of the connection between Shakespeare and geek culture generate new insights i
Trade ReviewA great contribution to Shakespeare scholarship, especially those chapters which present informative, inspiring, and transformative ways fandom culture could be of use to Shakespeare studies. * Sederi Yearbook *
Table of ContentsA. Geek Culture and Fiction 1. Shakespeare, Tolkien and Geeking Out, by Andrew James Hartley (University of North Carolina, USA) 2. “’I opened a door; that is all’: Neil Gaiman’s Decidedly Human Shakespeare in
The Sandman.” by Emily Leverett (University of North Carolina, USA) 3. Shakespeare Unfocused in Time: Collective Memory and Anachronism in Terry Pratchett’s
Wyrd Sisters, by Kyle Pivetti (University of Norwich, UK) 4. May the Bard Be with You: The Presence or Absence of Shakespeare’s Language in SciFi/Fantasy Adaptations , by Ann Martinez (Kent State University, USA) 5. “Questions of Time and Tense”: Shakespeare’s Past and Science Fiction’s Future, by Andrew Tumminia (Spring Hill College, USA) B. Geek Culture and the Shakespeare Sandbox 6. “Let’s kill Claudius in the church!”: Fan Fiction and Wish Fulfillment in Ryan North’s
To Be or Not to Be and Romeo and/or Juliet, by Johnathan H. Pope ( Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada) 7. Hiddleston-Shakespeare-
Coriolanus: Rhizomatic Crossings in Fanfic, by Stephen O’Neill (Maynooth University, Ireland) 8. The Bard is dead, long live the Bard: Geek Bardolatry, the Death of the Author and Kill Shakespeare, by Douglas M. Lanier (University of Newfoundland, USA) 9. “There Lies the Substance”: Rediscovering Richard in Geek Culture, by Valerie M. Fazel (Arizona State University, USA) and Louise Geddes (Adelphi University, USA) 10. On eating paper and drinking ink, by Matt Kozusko (Ursinus College, USA) C. Pastimes, Gaming and Shakespeare 11. Shakespeare and the Renaissance of Board Games: Appropriation, Agency, and the Geek, by Vernon Dickson (Florida International University, USA) 12. Boy Scouting with the Bard, by M. Tyler Sasser (University of Alabama, USA) 13. The Play of Gender Is The Thing: Geeky Shakespeare and the Power of What If?, by Jessica McCall (Delaware Valley University, USA) 14.
Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as Shakespearean Theater, by Rebecca Bushnell (University of Pennsylvania, USA) D. Film, Theatre and Geek Culture 15. Vulnerable Geek Masculinity in Recent Shakespeare on Film, by Keith M. Botelho (Kennesaw State University, USA) 16. Shakespearean Whedon and Whedonesque Shakespeare, by Jennifer Flaherty (Georgia College, USA) 17. Worst.
Lear. Ever.: Early Modern Drama and Geek Hermeneutics, by James D. Mardock (University of Nevada, USA) 18. I Can Geek Upon Occasion: Shakespeare and Theatrical Geekery, by Peter Holland (University of Notre Dame, USA) Notes References Index
