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The Afterlife of Ophelia Edited by Kaara L. Peterson, Associate Professor of English, Miami University, USA and Deanne Williams, Associate Professor of English, York University, UK
This collection of new essays is the first to explore the rich afterlife of one of Shakespeare's most recognizable characters. With contributions from an international group of established and emerging scholars, The Afterlife of Ophelia moves beyond the confines of existing scholarship and forges new lines of inquiry beyond Shakespeare studies. Contents: Introduction: The Afterlives of Ophelia; K.L.Peterson & D.Williams / 'I've got a feeling for Ophelia': Childhood and Performance; S.Lerer / Reviewing Ophelia; J.Lopez / An Actress Prepares: Seven Ophelias; N.Taylor/ Rebooting Ophelia: Social Media and the Rhetorics of Appropriation; S.Iyengar & C.Desmet / The Paradox of Female Agency: Ophelia and East Asian Sensibilities; A.Huang / The Lady Vanishes: Aurality and Agency in Cinematic Ophelias; K.Preston Leonard / Enter Ofelia Playing on a Lute; D.Williams / Ophelia's Wake; P.Menzer / Ophelia and Some Theatrical Successors; L.Potter / Ophélie in NineteenthCentury French Painting; D.Gervais de Lafond / At the Margins: Ophelia in Modern and Contemporary Photography; R.Perni / Double Take: Tom Hunter's The Way Home (2000); K.Rhodes / Afterword: Ophelia Then, Now, Hereafter; C.Kahn April 2012 Hardback
272pp £55.00
216x138mm 978-0-230-11690-0
Reproducing Shakespeare Series Editors: Tom Cartelli and Katherine Rowe http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=524035
Shakespeare and Genre From Early Modern Inheritances to Postmodern Legacies Edited by Anthony R. Guneratne, Associate Professor of Communication, Florida Atlantic University, USA Contents: Kin, Kind, and Shakespeare’s Significance to Genre Studies; A.R.Guneratne / Shakespeare and Renaissance Genres / PART I: ORIGINS AND CONVENTIONS / Shakespeare the Metalinguist; D.Crystal / Murdering Peasants: Status, Genre, and the Representation of Rebellion; S.Greenblatt / ‘The Stage Is Hung with Black’: Genre and the Trappings of Stagecraft in Shakespearean Tragedy; A.Gurr / PART II: SHAKESPEARE’S DEPLOYMENTS OF GENRE / Shakespeare’s Development of Theatrical Genres: Genre as Adaptation in the Comedies and Histories; D.Bevington / The Shakespeare Remix: Romance, Tragicomedy, and Shakespeare’s ‘Distinct Kind’; L.Danson / PART III: SHAKESPEARE AND THE RECONFIGURATION OF GENRES IN PERFORMANCE / Turning Genre on Its Head: Shakespeare’s Refashioning of His Sources in Richard III, King Lear, and The Winter’s Tale; S.J.Lynch / Shakespearean Comedy, Tempest-Toss’d: Genre, Social Transformation, and Contemporary Performance; D.Henderson / Shakespeare and Contemporary Genres / PART I: SHAKESPEARE AND CULTURALLY SPECIFIC GENRES / Comical Tragedies and Other Poly-generic Shakespeares in Contemporary China and Diasporic Chinese Culture; A.Huang / King Lear East of Berlin: Tragedy under Socialist Realism and Afterwards; B.Sokolova & A.Shurbanov / PART II: SHAKESPEAREBASED GENRES IN OTHER MEDIA / Shakespeare and Film Genre in the Branagh Generation; S.Crowl / Genre and Televised Shakespeare: Evolving Forms and Shifting Definitions; T.Howard / Shakespeare and Media Allegory; P.S.Donaldson / PART III: SHAKESPEARE AS GENRE / Shakespeare Among the Philosophers; C.Martindale / ‘I’ll teach you differences’: Genre Literacy, Critical Pedagogy, and Screen Shakespeare; D.M.Lanier January 2012 Hardback
332pp £58.00
210x140mm 978-0-230-10898-1
ebook available from: Palgrave Connect Literature Collections
Palgrave Shakespeare Studies Series Editors: Michael Dobson and Dympna Callaghan
Filming Shakespeare in the Global Marketplace Mark Thornton Burnett, Professor of Renaissance Studies, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK
'...dense and thoughtful, with analyses drawn from a broad theoretical framework that includes relevant work from across disciplinary boundaries.’ - Lisa S. Starks, Shakespeare Quarterly ‘...a singular achievement and an essential book for students, cinephiles, and a general audience.’ - Courtney Lehmann, University of the Pacific, California, USA In this new paperback edition Mark Burnett investigates the explosion of Shakespeare films during the 1990s and beyond. Linking fluctuating ‘Shakespeares’ with the growth of a global marketplace, the dissolution of national borders and technological advances, Mark Burnett produces a fresh awareness of our contemporary cultural moment. Contents: List of Illustrations / Acknowledgements / Preface / Introduction / Screening the Stage / Sequelizing Shakespeare / The Local and the Global / Racial Identities, Global Economies / Remembrance, Holocaust, Globalization / Spirituality/Meaning/Shakespeare / PostMillennial Parody / Epilogue / Bibliography / Index April 2012 Paperback
240pp £19.99
216x138mm 978-0-230-39145-1
ebook available from: Myilibrary, Palgrave Connect Literature & Performing Arts Collections, Ebrary, Ebook Library, ebooks.com, Dawson ERA http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=271209
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