{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-superheroes-jeffrey-kahan-9781942401773","title":"Shakespeare and Superheroes","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis short book offers a series of thought experiments and invites Shakespeareans to rediscover the wonders and pleasures of fandom. Shakespeare Studies conferences and Comic-Cons are celebrations, unless, of course, the participants involved forget the nature of play. And that, in the instance of formal literary study, is arguably what has happened.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Superheroes\u003c\/i\u003e does not argue that comic books can or should replace Shakespeare. The goal is to explore both, to think of comics as allusively Shakespearean, telling similar stories, expressing similar concerns, exploring similar values. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaders of Shakespeare and \u003ci\u003eSuperman\u003c\/i\u003e alike may need to re-evaluate their assumptions and hierarchies; \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Superheroes\u003c\/i\u003e encourages all readers to engage in and to respond to literary arguments using their own personal tastes, interests, and experiences. The author argues that the more readers trust themselves, the more they bring of themselves to the text or texts, the greater the rewards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey Kahan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1942401779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942401773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ARC Humanities Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.40d","brand":"Jeffrey Kahan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48450063597823,"sku":"9781942401773","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_323404c2-54c3-4ead-bec3-0265323b78de.jpg?v=1777266063","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shakespeare-and-superheroes-jeffrey-kahan-9781942401773","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}