{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-comics-jim-casey-9781350401389","title":"Shakespeare and Comics: Negotiating Cultural Value","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom their inception, 'low culture' comics have intersected with the 'high culture' of Shakespeare. This is the first book-length collection dedicated entirely to the exploration of this collision. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIts chapters illuminate the ways in which different texts, time periods, politics, authors, media, approaches and forms interact. Ranging from Classic Comics to Marvel, from \u003ci\u003etebeo\u003c\/i\u003e to manga, from independent to mainstream comics, texts explored include \u003ci\u003eY: The Last Man, \u003c\/i\u003eNeil Gaiman and Charles Vess's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' \u003ci\u003e(The Sandman #19), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, I Am Alfonso Jones, Marvel 1602, Doom 2099, \u003c\/i\u003eand manga adaptations of \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMacbeth, \u003c\/i\u003eamong many others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs comic books and their big-screen progeny dominate mainstream popular culture, the association of Shakespeare with comics offers creators and critics tools with which to interrogate the place of Shakespeare within the English and global literary and cultural traditions. \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Comics \u003c\/i\u003eargues that, at a moment when the reassessment and reimagining of literary canons has become more urgent than ever, thinking about Shakespeare through the lens of comics invites us to imagine a literary and cultural landscape in which so-called 'great works' exist alongside and in equal conversation with marginalized writers, topics and forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Casey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350401382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350401389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arden Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d","brand":"Jim Casey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457906520319,"sku":"9781350401389","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_92b0f8b5-dd7e-41c1-a62a-b598d7f73234.jpg?v=1777401529","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shakespeare-and-comics-jim-casey-9781350401389","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}