Shakespeare and Superheroes
https://arc-humanities.org/products/s-83104-101115-27-8023/
Jeffrey Kahan
| Price In US $ | $79.00 |
|---|---|
| Price In Sterling | £55.00 |
| Imprint | Arc Humanities Press |
| Series | Recreational Shakespeare |
| ISBN | 9781942401773 |
| Publication Date | July 2018 |
| Format | Hardback |
| Dimensions (HxW) | 234 x 156 mm |
| Page Count | 110 |
| Illustrations | Illustrations, colour 6 |
Description
This short book offers a series of thought experiments and invites
Shakespeareans to rediscover the wonders and pleasures of fandom.
Shakespeare Studies conferences and Comic-Cons are celebrations, unless,
of course, the participants involved forget the nature of play. And
that, in the instance of formal literary study, is arguably what has
happened.
Shakespeare and Superheroes does not argue that comic books can or should replace Shakespeare. The goal is to explore both, to think of comics as allusively Shakespearean, telling similar stories, expressing similar concerns, exploring similar values.
Readers of Shakespeare and Superman alike may need to re-evaluate their assumptions and hierarchies; Shakespeare and Superheroes encourages all readers to engage in and to respond to literary arguments using their own personal tastes, interests, and experiences. The author argues that the more readers trust themselves, the more they bring of themselves to the text or texts, the greater the rewards.
“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
Shakespeare and Superheroes does not argue that comic books can or should replace Shakespeare. The goal is to explore both, to think of comics as allusively Shakespearean, telling similar stories, expressing similar concerns, exploring similar values.
Readers of Shakespeare and Superman alike may need to re-evaluate their assumptions and hierarchies; Shakespeare and Superheroes encourages all readers to engage in and to respond to literary arguments using their own personal tastes, interests, and experiences. The author argues that the more readers trust themselves, the more they bring of themselves to the text or texts, the greater the rewards.
Contents
Introduction“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
