Shakespeare and Modern Popular Culture

Zusatztext An important addition to the series and a major contribution to Shakespeare studies! the first book that provides a general outline of how the playwright has been and continues to be used in popular culture! and what influence mass culture has in turn had on attitudes to him. Klappentext Our notions of Shakespeare have been shaped partly by his diffuse presence in films, comics, television, popular novels, kitsch, and advertising. Through a series of case studies, Douglas Lanier examines how modern popular culture has appropriated and refashioned Shakespeare as a cultural icon. Zusammenfassung Our notions of Shakespeare have been shaped partly by his diffuse presence in films, comics, TV, mass-market novels, kitsch, and advertising. Through a series of case studies, Douglas Lanier examines how modern popular culture has appropriated and refashioned Shakespeare as a cultural icon.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas Lanier, Douglas (Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Lanier
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.2002
• EAN: 9780198187066
• ISBN: 978-0-19-818706-6
• No. of pages: 198
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 204 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Oxford Shakespeare Topics; Oxford Shakespeare Topics
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs