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Shakespeare and Appropriation

By Christy Desmet; Robert Sawyer

Book information

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
Year
1999
ISBN
9780203218921, 9780415207256
LCC
PR2880.A1 -- S52 1999eb
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3566175 bytes)
Series
Accents on Shakespeare Ser.
Edition
1
Pages
257\0
Time added
2023-08-06 14:09:07
artisticetc.)Influence (Literary

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 imitate, contradict, compete with, and reproduce Shakespeare keep him in the cultural conversation. The essays: * analyze the methods and motives of Shakespearean appropriation * investigate theoretically the return of the repressed author in discussions of Shakespeare's cultural function * put into dialogue theoretical and literary responses to Shakespeare's cultural authority * analyze works ranging from nineteenth century to the present, and genres ranging from poetry and the novel to Disney movies.

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