Shakespeare and Appropriation (Kindle Edition)

by Robert Sawyer (editor) (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
Shakespeare and Appropriation should be essential reading for anyone interested in the current state of Shakespeare studies in North America and the United Kingdom. [T]his volume epitomizes some of the most sophisticated and influential thinking that is currently being done about Shakespeare in scholarly circles. [I]n conception, design, and execution, Desmet and Sawyer's volume is a profoundly satisfying work, richly deserving of a wide and appreciative readership. Itself an act of sophisticated and innovative Shakespearean appropriation, this volume sets a very high standard of achievement for future scholars in its field.
–South Atlantic Review

Shakespeare and Appropriation should be essential reading for anyone interested in the current state of Shakespeare studies in North America and the United Kingdom. [T]his volume epitomizes some of the most sophisticated and influential thinking that is currently being done about Shakespeare in scholarly circles. [I]n conception, design, and execution, Desmet and Sawyers volume is a profoundly satisfying work, richly deserving of a wide and appreciative readership. Itself an act of sophisticated and innovative Shakespearean appropriation, this volume sets a very high standard of achievement for future scholars in its field.
–South Atlantic Review

Product Description
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 intimate, contradict, compete with, and reproduce Shakespeare keep him in the cultural conversation. The contributors analyse the methods and motives of Shakespearean appropriation by looking at a wide range of works and people including:

Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet

A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley

Mama Day by Gloria Naylor

Robert Browning

The Disney films The Little Mermaid and The Lion King

Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch Contributors: James Andreas, Caroline Cakebread, Richard Finkelstein, Terence Hawkes, Ivo Kamps, Matt Kozusko, Laurie Osborne, Robert Sawyer, Jyotsna Singh, Lisa S. Starks, Gary Taylor, Georgianna Ziegler.

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 848 KB
• Print Length: 256 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Up to 4 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (March 20, 2007)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0013PTABG
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #161,752 in Kindle Store (See Bestsellers in Kindle Store)