Review
"Praise for Unspeakable Shaxxxpeares: Brilliant...A dazzling tour-de-force: one of the most original works to have appeared recently, be it in the field of Shakespeare studies or popular culture." --"Early Modern Literary Studies""His study is invaluable insofar as it challenges us to rethink our assumptions, whether affirmative or dismissive, about the value of attending to unspeakable Shakespeares." --"Theatre Journal"
Product Description
Shakespeare in mass media, particularly film, video and television, is arguably the hottest, fastest growing research agenda in Shakespeare studies. "Shakespeare after Mass Media" provides students and scholars with a comprehensive resource for studying the pop cultural afterlife of the Bard. From marketing to electronic Shakespeare, comics to romance novels, "Star Trek" to Branagh, radio and popular music to "Bartlett's Quotations", the volume explores the contemporary cultural significance of Shakespeare in a broad array of mass media contexts.