Shakespeare and Celebrity Cultures (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies)

By: Jennifer Holl

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Synopsis: This book argues that Shakespeare and various cultures of celebrity have enjoyed a ceaselessly adaptive, symbiotic relationship since the final decade of the sixteenth century, through which each entity has contributed to the vitality and adaptability of the other. 　 In five chapters, Jennifer Holl explores the early modern culture of theatrical celebrity and its resonances in print and performance, especially in Shakespeare’s interrogations of this emerging phenomenon in sonnets and histories, before moving on to examine the ways that shifting cultures of stage, film, and digital celebrity have perpetually recreated the Shakespeare, or even the #shakespeare, with whom audiences continue to interact.　 Situated at an intersection of multiple critical conversations, this book will be of great interest to scholars and graduate students of Shakespeare and Shakespearean appropriations, early modern theater, and celebrity studies.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 192 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000422214
Related ISBNs:: 9781032050591, 9780367407698, 9780367808976
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 07/30/21
Copyrighted By:: Jennifer Holl
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.