Global Shakespeare and Visual Art

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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From paintings to sculptures and manga to street art, Global Shakespeare and Visual Art reveals how Shakespeare’s works and legacy have inspired artists around the world for centuries.Global Shakespeare and Visual Art explores how William Shakespeare’s works and legacy have inspired artists around the world for centuries. This volume is a series of original studies on the aesthetic presence and interpretation of Shakespeare in such media as book illustrations, digital art, film, graphic novels, manga, portraiture, staged performance, sculpture, and stained glass. Focusing on the global reach of Shakespeare opens up the varied influences of his works on cultures past and present, especially in the context of globalization. By focusing on the contemporary interplay between early modern literature and visual culture, this book offers an inclusive view of intermedial translation and adaptation, coupled with critical explorations of Shakespearean global presence. The varied chapters consider Shakespeare’s plays and poetry in the context of their artistic afterlives, revealing an unparalleled cultural reach and fostering a broader appreciation of Shakespearean impact on global artistic traditions

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Utgivningsdatum2026-12-14
Mått152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt308 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor368
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781666972955

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List of AbbreviationsList of FiguresList of ContributorsForeword by Paul Edmondson (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, UK)AcknowledgementsPart I: Panoramas1. “To view his countless glory”: Around the World with Visual ShakespeareIslam Issa (Birmingham City University, UK) and Mario Murgia (National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico)2. Teaching Shakespeare with Visual ArtMarissa Greenberg (University of New Mexico, USA)Part II: Visualizations3. Shakespeare’s Lucrece and “a piece of skilful painting”David Scott Kastan (Yale University, USA)4. Delacroix and HamletDavid Roberts (Birmingham City University, UK)5. Doré’s Collaborative and Unfinished Illustrations of ShakespeareAngelica Duran (Purdue University, USA)6. “O well-painted passion!”: Othello on Canvas and in Nineteenth-Century MexicoMario Murgia(National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico)7. “The Miracle of Nothing.”: Kokoschka’s King LearWendy Furman-Adams (Whittier College, USA)8. Visual Representations of The Tempest in ArgentinaMaría Inés Castagnino and Lucas Margarit (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)Part III: Transformations9. Shakespeare in Stained Glass Across the GlobeBeverley Sherry (University of Sydney, Australia)10. Making “Zulu-ness” Visible: Sibiya and the Umabatha WoodcutsLaurence Wright (North-West University, South Africa)11. “What wood is this before us?”: Shakespeare in Siberian PineHelen Hopkins (Birmingham City University, UK)12. Performing Shakespeare in the UAEPaul Innes (United Arab Emirates University, UAE)13. Caricatures and Turkish ShakespearesMurat Ögütcü (Adiyaman University, Turkey)Part IV: Reimaginings14. New Woman, New Emotions: Shakespeare in Nineteenth-Century BengalShormishtha Panja (University of Delhi, India)15. Egyptian Shakespeareana in Twentieth-Century Film: Reimagining Female Agency and TragedyNoha Mohamad Mohamad Ibraheem (Cairo University, Egypt)16. The Diasporic Power of Sakuishi’s MangaShinji Yamamoto (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan)17. Urban Shakespeare: Civic and Public Art in England’s Second CityIslam Issa (Birmingham City University, UK)18. Imagining/Imaging Future ShakespeareKevin Wetmore, Jr. (Loyola Marymount University, USA)Afterword by David Currell (Australian Catholic University, Australia)