Overview

Every generation reinvents Shakespeare for its own needs, imagining through its particular choices and emphases the Shakespeare that it values. The man himself was deeply involved in his own kind of historical reimagining. This collection of essays examines the playwright's medieval sources and inspiration, and how they shaped his works. With a foreword by Michael Almereyda (director of the Hamlet starring Ethan Hawke) and dramaturge Dakin Matthews, these thirteen essays analyze the ways in which our modern understanding of medieval life has been influenced by our appreciation of Shakespeare's plays.

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Author:   Martha W. Driver ,  Sid Ray ,  Michael Almereyda ,  Dakin Matthews
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780786434053

ISBN 10:   0786434058
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   14 May 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS      FOREWORD: “THE SKELETON IN THE MIRROR” Michael Almereyda and Dakin Matthews      GENERAL INTRODUCTION Martha W. Driver and Sid Ray      Part I. “Abstract and Brief Chronicles of Time”: The Histories INTRODUCTION TO PART Martha W. Driver      “Richard’s Himself Again”: The Body of Richard III on Stage and Screen Jim Casey      Falstaff in America Catherine Loomis      Scoring the Fields of the Dead: Musical Styles and Approaches to Postbattle Scenes from Henry V (1944, 1989) Linda K. Schubert      Part II. “Carnal, Bloody, and Unnatural Acts”: The Tragedies INTRODUCTION TO PART Martha W. Driver      “We’re Everyone You Depend On”: Filming Shakespeare’s Peasants Carl James Grindley      Medieval Hamlet in Performance Patrick J. Cook      Finding Gruoch: The Hidden Genealogy of Lady Macbeth in Text and Cinematic Performance Sid Ray      Part III. “Many Merry Men”: The Comedies INTRODUCTION TO PART Sid Ray      Reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream through Middle English Romance Martha W. Driver      “Chaucer ... the Story Gives”: Troilus and Cressida and The Two Noble Kinsmen Julia Ruth Briggs      Shakespeare’s Virgin Mother on the Modern Stage: All’s Well, That Ends Well and the Madonna del Parto Tradition Gary Waller      Part IV. “Tragical-Comical-Historical-Pastoral”: The Romances INTRODUCTION TO PART Sid Ray      “The Quick and the Dead”: Performing the Poet Gower in Pericles Kelly Jones      Shakespeare as Medievalist: What It Means for Performing Pericles R. F. Yeager      A Touch of Chaucer in The Winter’s Tale Louise M. Bishop      Caliban’s God: The Medieval and Renaissance Man in the Moon Kim Zarins      ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS      INDEX     

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"""fascinating...compelling""--Arthuriana; ""the anthology is certainly one that scholars interested in Shakespeare on film will wish to consult""--Studies in Medieval & Renaissance Teaching."

fascinating...compelling --Arthuriana; the anthology is certainly one that scholars interested in Shakespeare on film will wish to consult --Studies in Medieval & Renaissance Teaching.

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Martha W. Driver is distinguished professor of English and women’s and gender studies at Pace University. Sid Ray is a professor of English and women’s and gender studies at Pace University.

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