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Shakespeare and Superheroes
Author
Title
Shakespeare and Superheroes [electronic resource] / by Jeffrey Kahan.
ISBN
9781942401780
9781942401773
Published
Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Leeds [England] : Arc Humanities Press, [2018] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 PDF (x, 94 pages) :) : illustrations (chielf color).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Description based on print version record.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
This short book offers a series of thought experiments and invites Shakespeareans to rediscover the wonders and pleasures of fandom. It does not argue that comic books and movies can or should replace Shakespeare; the goal is to explore the values in both, to think of comics as allusively Shakespearean, telling similar stories, expressing similar concerns, exploring similar values. Shakespeare and Superheroes seeks to re-democratize criticism by encouraging all readers to engage in and to respond to literary arguments using their own common cultural language.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - 2018 Complete.
Project MUSE - 2018 Literature.
Other formats
Print version:
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 26, 2018
Series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages) and index.
Contents
"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 : comic books and literary values.
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
Also listed under
Project Muse, distributor.
Project Muse.
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