The shadow of the precursor / edited by Diana Glenn ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glenn, Diana.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intertextuality.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Literature, Modern--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 317 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A shadow, in its most literal sense, is the projection of a silhouette against a surface and the obstruction of direct light from hitting that surface. For writers and artists, the shadows cast by their precursors can be either a welcome influence, one consciously evoked in textual production via homage or bricolage, or can manifest as an intrusive, haunting, prohibitive presence, one which threatens to engulf the successor. Many writers and artists are affected by an anxious and ambiguous relationship with their precursors, while others are energised by this relationship. The role that intertextuality plays in creative production invites interrogation, and this publication explores a range of conscious and unconscious influences informing relations between texts and contexts, between predecessors and successors. The chapters revolve around intertextual influence, ranging from conscious imitation and intentional allusion to Julia Kristeva’s idea of intertextuality. Do all texts contain references to and even quotations from other texts? Do such references help shape how we read? This multidisciplinary work includes chapters on the long shadows cast by Shakespeare, Dante, Scott, Virgil and Ovid, the shadows of colonial precursors on postcolonial successors, the shadows cast over Kipling and Murdoch, and chapters on other writers, dramatists and filmmakers and their relationships with precursor figures. With its focus on intertextual relationships, this book contributes to the thriving fields of adaptation studies and studies of intertextuality.

Contents:

1 The Shadow of the Precursor from Accommodation to Appropriation to Resistance / Diana Glenn

Pt. I Accommodating the Shadow of the Precursor

2 Iris Murdoch in the Shadow of the Precursor: A Fairly Honourable Defeat? / Gillian Dooley

3 Vincent Buckley and his Land of No Fathers: The Irish Shadow on his Work / John McLaren

4 "Past Shapes of Things Present" in the Poetry of Syd Harrex (1935 -) / Ralph Spaulding

5 Intertexts of Capricornia / Russell McDougall

6 John Lang's Wanderings in India (1859) and Rudyard Kipling / Rick Hosking

7 From Attack of the 50 Foot Bard to The Incredible Shrinking Bard: Shakespeare Cinema in the Noughties / Ben Kooyman

Pt. II Appropriating the Shadow of the Precursor

8 "For Fiction-Read Scott Alone": The Legacy of Sir Walter Scott on Youthful Artists and Writers / Christine Alexander

9 Truth, Humour and the Mafia: A Story of Sicilian Betrayal / Barbara Pezzotti

10 Dario Fo's Invented Quotations / Luciana d'Arcangeli

11 Casting a Shadow of One's Own: Christopher Marlowe's Dido and the Virgilian Intertext / Lucy Potter

12 The Precursor as Shadow and Light: Ovid in Dante's Comedy / Diana Glenn

13 Precursor Texts in the Novel and Film of Atonement / Giselle Bastin

14 Pages on Fire: Fahrenheit 451 as Adaptation / Laura Carroll

Pt. III Resisting the Shadow of the Precursor

15 Antipodean Rewritings of Great Expectations: Peter Carey's Jack Maggs (1997) and Lloyd Jones's Mister Pip (2007) / Janet Wilson

16 Intertextuality as Discord: Richard Flanagan's Wanting (2008) / Gay Lynch

17 The Precursory Dialectic in The Circle of Reason / Md Rezaul Haque

18 "As If The Sky Were One Gigantic Memory For Us All": Louise Erdrich and Native American Authorship / Linda Karell.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-314).

ISBN:

1-283-43637-X

1-4438-3486-6

9786613436375

OCLC:

829713355