Shakespeare and superheroes / by Jeffrey Kahan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kahan, Jeffrey, 1964- author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Recreational Shakespeare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Superheroes.

Comic books, strips, etc--Themes, motives.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Influence.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Physical Description:

x, 94 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leeds [England] : Arc Humanities Press, [2018]

Summary:

This short book offers a series of thought experiments and invites Shakespeareans to rediscover the wonders and pleasures of fandom. It does not argue that comic books and movies can or should replace Shakespeare; the goal is to explore the values in both, to think of comics as allusively Shakespearean, telling similar stories, expressing similar concerns, exploring similar values. Shakespeare and Superheroes seeks to re-democratize criticism by encouraging all readers to engage in and to respond to literary arguments using their own common cultural language.

Contents:

"I have shot mine arrow o'er the house, / and hurt my brother" : death and redemption in Hamlet and Arrow

Of guise and gals : Wonder Woman and Shakespearean cross-dressing

Tonight at the improv : comedians slay! Two drink minimum

Postscript : comic books and literary values.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1942401779

9781942401773

OCLC:

1030968357

Publisher Number:

99980492559