Shakespeares after Shakespeare [Two Volumes] An Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture

Subjects:

• Literature » Drama
• Literature » Literature (General)
• Literature » English Literature
• Popular Culture » Popular Culture (General)

Reviews:

• [R]ecommended to most libraries.
  —Library Journal March 15, 2007
• This ten-chapter work is divided into separate media, with a transmedia approach to Shakespeare's citations in each mass medium. Contributors had options in providing their introductions and in their inclusion of categories. Initials at the end of the entries indicate entries by contributors other than the original ones. In each chapter the entries are arranged alphabetically play by play (or poem), observing chronological order. Bibliographical information on each is then provided. Appendixes, "Shakespeare in Japanese comics...," "Shakespeare in Italian Television," and "Web Sources for Shakespeare Companies," plus a bibliography and a comprehensive index in volume 2, enhance this useful two-volume work. Recommended. College, university, and public libraries, film studios, and TV stations; all levels.
  —Choice June 2007
• This unique examination of the continuing influence of William Shakespeare explores several different mediums, including cartoons, comic books, film, television, pop music, radio, genre fiction and the stage....This groundbreaking set will find a wide audience among teachers, scholars and dramatic artists.
  —Lawrence Looks at Books December 2007
• As a research aid, this is first-rate for students and scholars at all levels. Shakespears after Shakespeare is a handsome work, with a judicious selection of illustrations. It comprises a good resource for the advanced or serious researcher.
  —Reference Reviews November 2007
• Literature scholars cite and describe nearly 4,000 adaptations and near-adaptations of works by Shakespeare in such genres as cartoons and comic books, film, popular music, literature and genre fiction, radio, US and British television, and even theater. The citations are arranged by the play adapted or alluded to rather than, for example, name or producer of the adaptation. A few black-and-white illustrations are included. Appendices cite adaptations in Japanese comics and Italian television, and web resources for Shakespeare companies and festivals. The two volumes are paged and indexed together.
  —Reference & Research Book News February 2007
• The popular comic strip "Get Fuzzy" recently featured a dog visiting from England who talks "Shakespeare," demonstrating the Bards continued and constant infiltration into all forms of media. Students should be pleased that others have done the research to collect this information for their use because much of it was not available earlier....It will take a teacher who is a true lover of Shakespeare who makes the Bard live in classes to get students to care about the resources here. But going the opposite way, it may be that starting with these resources could encourage students to be more interested. It also may point out how important it is to our culture to be able to understand the humor and this comes only with knowing about the works of Shakespeare. It is fun reading these brief entries if you do enjoy things Shakespeare.
  —GALE Reference for Students July 2007
• Composed of 3,819 entries, this encyclopedia is provocatively thorough without being definitively complete (an impossible goal for a Shakespeare-related project in any event, as the editor readily admits). Instead it aims to expand the study of Shakespeare adaptations and interpretations beyond the fine arts varieties generally celebrated by scholarly journals and collections....[B]urt's encyclopedia gives students of the plays many avenues to explore their influence in modern media genres.
  —VOYA August 2007
• Although it's no surprise that the greatest English writer of all time continues to influence culture high and low, the number of examples cited here is remarkable....This wide-ranging work provides enough information for an entire course on Shakespeare and popular culture, and academic as well as large public libraries will want to add it to their collections.
  —Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin March 15, 2007
• [C]hronicles the lasting influence of Shakespeare on popular culture.
  —Mail Tribune October 29, 2006

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Cartoons and Comic Books
• Film Adaptations
• Film Spin-offs and Citations
• Pop Music
• Literature and Genre Fiction
• Radio
• U.S. Television
• U.K. Television
• Theater
• Appendices
• Japanese Comics, MINAMI, Ryuta
• Italian Television Programs, Fabio Ciaramaglia
• Bibliography
• Index

PDF Catalogs:

Greenwood Literature Spring 2008.pdf