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The Edinburgh Companion to Shakespeare and the Arts
Ma Thornton Burnett
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Description for The Edinburgh Companion to Shakespeare and the Arts
Hardback. This authoritative and innovative volume explores the place of Shakespeare in relation to a wide range of artistic practices and activities, past and present. Editor(s): Burnett, Mark Thornton; Streete, Adrian; Wray, Ramona. Num Pages: 588 pages, 54 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 172 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1176. 588 pages, 54 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Burnett, Mark Thornton; Streete, Adrian; Wray, Ramona. This authoritative and innovative volume explores the place of Shakespeare in relation to a wide range of artistic practices and activities, past and present. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSGS. Dimension: 249 x 172 x 40. Weight: 1176.
A substantial reference work that supersedes existing studies, the Companion, explores the place of Shakespeare in relation to a wide range of artistic practices and activities, past and present. The 'arts' are defined broadly as cultural processes that take in publishing, exhibiting, performing, reconstructing and disseminating. The 30 newly commissioned chapters are divided into 6 sections: Shakespeare and the Book; Shakespeare and Music; Shakespeare on Stage and in Performance; Shakespeare and Youth Culture; Shakespeare, Visual and Material Culture; and Shakespeare, Media and Culture. Each chapter provides both a synthesis and a discussion of a topic, informed by current thinking and ... Read more
A substantial reference work that supersedes existing studies, the Companion, explores the place of Shakespeare in relation to a wide range of artistic practices and activities, past and present. The 'arts' are defined broadly as cultural processes that take in publishing, exhibiting, performing, reconstructing and disseminating. The 30 newly commissioned chapters are divided into 6 sections: Shakespeare and the Book; Shakespeare and Music; Shakespeare on Stage and in Performance; Shakespeare and Youth Culture; Shakespeare, Visual and Material Culture; and Shakespeare, Media and Culture. Each chapter provides both a synthesis and a discussion of a topic, informed by current thinking and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
588
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748635238
SKU
V9780748635238
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About Ma Thornton Burnett
Mark Thornton Burnett is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen's University, Belfast. He is the author of Masters and Servants in English Renaissance Drama and Culture: Authority and Obedience (Macmillan, 1997), Constructing 'Monsters' in Shakespearean Drama and Early Modern Culture (Palgrave, 2002) and Filming Shakespeare in the Global Marketplace (Palgrave, 2007). Dr Adrian Streete is Senior Lecturer in the ... Read more
Reviews for The Edinburgh Companion to Shakespeare and the Arts
This remarkable collection is the most comprehensive and up-to-date Companion to Shakespeare ever assembled. With thirty essays all by distinguished or cutting-edge scholars, covering every significant mode of Shakespearean production and adaptation from the early modern period to the present, such as in music, comics, television, dance, visual arts, radio, film, as well as on the stage, there is no ... Read more