Shakespeare and comics : negotiating cultural value / edited by Jim Casey and Brandon Christopher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Casey, Jim (James), editor.

Christopher, Brandon, editor.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Shakespeare and adaptation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comics adaptations--History and criticism.

Comics adaptations.

Graphic novel adaptations--History and criticism.

Graphic novel adaptations.

Comic books, strips, etc--History and criticism.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Adaptations--History and criticism.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Influence.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Comics criticism.

Physical Description:

xvi, 245 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : The Arden Shakespeare, 2026.

Summary:

"From their inception, 'low culture' comics have intersected with the 'high culture' of Shakespeare. In the first book-length collection dedicated entirely to the exploration of this collision, chapters illuminate the ways in which different texts, time periods, politics, authors, media, approaches and forms interact. Ranging from Classic Comics to Marvel, from tebeo to manga, from independent to mainstream comics, texts explored include Y: The Last Man, Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (The Sandman #19), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, I Am Alfonso Jones, Marvel 1602, Doom 2099, and manga adaptations of The Tempest and Macbeth"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : what's Shakespeare to comics, or comics to Shakespeare? / Jim Casey and Brandon Christopher

Timeless and timely. Delineating comics : Shakespeare Illustrated and the question of narrative production / Catherine E. Thomas ; Macbeth and the Spanish post-war tebeo : an adventure hero for young readers / Elena Bandín ; Shakespeare in Harlem : race, (popular) culture and I Am Alfonso Jones / Daniel Stein

Text and image. This goodly frame : the collaborative theatre of Good Tickle Brain / Annalisa Castaldo, Mya Lixian Gosling and Kate Pitt ; Shakespeare and female 'super' heroes : classic comics in the Golden and Silver Age / Darlena Ciraulo ; From stage to manga page : scalar mediation and Shakespeare's Tempest / Jennifer Waldron

Heroes and villains. 'Bigger than Shakespeare' : contingency and cultural memory in 'A Groatsworth of Wit' / Douglas M. Lanier ; Permission to invade : Doom 2099's 'Muses of Fire' / Philip Austin Gilreath ; Alas, poor hero : heroism in Y: The Last Man / Niamh J. O'Leary

Violence and trauma. 'Ax One, Scream One' : Shakespeare as EC Comics horror / Kyle Pivetti ; Into the multiverse : Shakespeare, adaptation and the alternate reality of Marvel 1602 / Charles Conaway ; Manga adaptations of Macbeth / Yukari Yoshihara

Authors and adaptors. Reading for and against Prospero in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen / Rhonda Knight ; When canons collide : Isaac Asimov's dual influences on Arthur Byron Cover's Macbeth: The Graphic Novel / Joseph Sullivan ; Puck you, Shakespeare : embodiment and authority in Gaiman and Vess' 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' / Jim Casey

Afterword : genre in Shakespeare and comics / Peter Holland.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Shakespeare and comics.

ISBN:

9781350401389

1350401382

OCLC:

1428040257

Publisher Number:

90104154750