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Book SynopsisThis authoritative and innovative volume explores the place of Shakespeare in relation to a wide range of artistic practices and activities, past and present.
Trade ReviewThis remarkable collection is the most comprehensive and up-to-date Companion to Shakespeare ever assembled. With thirty essays all by distinguished or cutting-edge scholars, covering every significant mode of Shakespearean production and adaptation from the early modern period to the present, such as in music, comics, television, dance, visual arts, radio, film, as well as on the stage, there is no better book for undergraduate Shakespeare courses to contextualize and complement the Bard's own work. -- Professor Bryan Reynolds, University of California, Irvine This is a capacious book on a capacious subject: Shakespearean culture. From comic books to sculpture, poetic language to silent film, the Renaissance stage to the internet, this book shows the ways in which Shakespeare inhabits myriad art forms across time and space. Not only do the thirty topics covered by the contributors illuminate Shakespeare's use for novelists, poets, musicians, artists, dancers and filmmakers but they also locate Shakespeare in his own age and on his own stage. There is no Companion like this! -- Laurie Maguire, University of Oxford This remarkable collection is the most comprehensive and up-to-date Companion to Shakespeare ever assembled. With thirty essays all by distinguished or cutting-edge scholars, covering every significant mode of Shakespearean production and adaptation from the early modern period to the present, such as in music, comics, television, dance, visual arts, radio, film, as well as on the stage, there is no better book for undergraduate Shakespeare courses to contextualize and complement the Bard's own work. This is a capacious book on a capacious subject: Shakespearean culture. From comic books to sculpture, poetic language to silent film, the Renaissance stage to the internet, this book shows the ways in which Shakespeare inhabits myriad art forms across time and space. Not only do the thirty topics covered by the contributors illuminate Shakespeare's use for novelists, poets, musicians, artists, dancers and filmmakers but they also locate Shakespeare in his own age and on his own stage. There is no Companion like this!
Table of ContentsIntroduction Mark Thornton Burnett, Adrian Streete and Ramona Wray Part 1: Shakespeare and the Book 1 Textual Shakespeare Sonia Massai 2 Shakespeare and Poetry Peter Holbrook 3 Shakespeare and the Novel Marianne Novy 4 Shakespeare and Translation Alexander C. Y. Huang 5 Shakespeare Anthologized Kate Rumbold 6 Shakespeare and Biography David Bevington Part 2: Shakespeare and Music 7 Shakespeare and Early Modern Music Christopher R. Wilson 8 Shakespeare and Opera Adrian Streete 9 Shakespeare and Classical Music Julie Sanders 10 Shakespeare and Musical Theatre Fran Teague 11 Shakespeare, Ballet and Dance Rodney Stenning Edgecombe 12 Shakespeare and Popular Music Adam Hansen Part 3: Shakespeare on Stage and in Performance 13 Shakespeare and Drama Lucy Munro 14 Shakespeare and the Renaissance Stage Edel Lamb 15 Shakespeare and the Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Stage Fiona Ritchie 16 Shakespeare and the Victorian Stage Richard Foulkes 17 Shakespeare and the Modern Stage Christie Carson 18 Shakespeare and Contemporary Performance Spaces Andrew James Hartley Part 4: Shakespeare and Youth Culture 19 Shakespeare for Children Amy Scott-Douglass 20 Shakespeare and Teenagers Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. 21 Shakespeare and the Comic Book Michael P. Jensen Part 5: Shakespeare, Visual and Material Culture 22 Shakespeare, Portraiture, Painting, and Prints Erin C. Blake 23 Shakespeare, Sculpture and the Material Arts Balz Engler 24 Shakespeare Exhibition and Festival Culture Mark Thornton Burnett Part 6: Shakespeare, Media and Culture 25 Shakespeare and Silent Film Judith Buchanan 26 Shakespeare on Film, 1930-1990 Anne-Marie Costantini-Cornede 27 Shakespeare on Film, 1990-2010 Ramona Wray 28 Shakespeare on Television Stephen Purcell 29 Shakespeare and Radio Susanne Greenhalgh 30 Shakespeare on the Internet and in Digital Media Michael Best Notes on Contributors Index
