Shakespeare and geek culture / edited by Andrew James Hartley and Peter Holland.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hartley, A. J. (Andrew James), editor.

Holland, Peter, 1951- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture and literature.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Influence.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Appreciation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London [England] : The Arden Shakespeare, 2020.

Summary:

"From sci-fi to graphic novels, from boy scouts to board games, from cult films to the cult of theatre, Shakespeare is everywhere in popular culture. Where there is popular culture there are fans and nerds and geeks. The essays in this collection on Shakespeare and Geek Culture take an innovative approach to the study of Shakespeare's cultural presences, situating his works, his image and his brand to locate and explore the nature of that geekiness that, the authors argue, is a vital but unrecognized feature of the world of those who enjoy and are obsessed by Shakespeare, whether they are scholars, film fans, theatre-goers or members of legions of other groupings in which Shakespeare plays his part. Working at the intersections of a wide range of fields -- including fan studies and film analysis, cultural studies and fantasy/sci-fi theory - the authors demonstrate how the particularities of the connection between Shakespeare and geek culture generate new insights into the plays, poems and their larger cultural legacy in the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A. Geek Culture and Fiction

1. Shakespeare, Tolkien and Geeking Out, by Andrew James Hartley (University of North Carolina, USA)

2. 'I opened a door; that is all': Neil Gaiman's Decidedly Human Shakespeare in The Sandman, by Emily Leverett (University of North Carolina, USA)

3. Shakespeare Unfocused in Time: Collective Memory and Anachronism in Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters, by Kyle Pivetti (University of Norwich, UK)

4. May the Bard Be with You: The Presence or Absence of Shakespeare's Language in SciFi/Fantasy Adaptations, by Ann Martinez (Kent State University, USA)

5. 'Questions of Time and Tense': Shakespeare's Past and Science Fiction's Future, by Andrew Tumminia (Spring Hill College, USA) B. Geek Culture and the Shakespeare Sandbox

6. 'Let's kill Claudius in the church!': Fan Fiction and Wish Fulfillment in Ryan North's To Be or Not to Be and Romeo and/or Juliet, by Johnathan H. Pope ( Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)

7. Hiddleston-Shakespeare- Coriolanus : Rhizomatic Crossings in Fanfic, by Stephen O'Neill

8. The Bard is dead, long live the Bard:

Geek Bardolatry, the Death of the Author and Kill Shakespeare, by Douglas M. Lanier (University of Newfoundland, USA)

9. 'There Lies the Substance': Rediscovering Richard in Geek Culture, by Valerie Fazel and Louise Geddes

10. On eating paper and drinking ink, by Matt Kozusko (Ursinus College, USA)

C. Pastimes, Gaming and Shakespeare

11. Shakespeare and the Renaissance of Board Games: Appropriation, Agency, and the Geek, by Vernon Dickson

12. Boy Scouting with the Bard, by M. Tyler Sasser (University of Alabama, USA)

13. The Play of Gender Is The Thing: Geeky Shakespeare and the Power of What If?, by Jessica McCall

(Delaware Valley University, USA)

14. Witcher 3 : Wild Hunt as Shakespearean Theater, by Rebecca Bushnell (University of Pennsylvania, USA)

D. Film, Theatre and Geek Culture

15. Vulnerable Geek Masculinity in Recent Shakespeare on Film, by Keith M. Botelho (Kennesaw State University, USA)

16. Shakespearean Whedon and Whedonesque Shakespeare, by Jennifer Flaherty (Georgia College, USA)

17. Worst. Lear . Ever.: Early Modern Drama and Geek Hermeneutics, by James D. Mardock (University of Nevada, USA)

18. I Can Geek Upon Occasion: Shakespeare and Theatrical Geekery, by Peter Holland (University of Notre Dame, USA)

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781350107762

135010776X

9781350107755

1350107751

9781350107779

1350107778

OCLC:

1202450091