Shakespeare and the Modern Novel

Graham Holderness is the author of numerous books on literary criticism, theory and scholarship, as well as fiction, poetry and drama. His most recent works include The Faith of William Shakespeare (Lion Books, 2016), Tales from Shakespeare: Creative Collisions (Cambridge University Press, 2014), Re-Writing Jesus: Christ in 20th Century Fiction and Film (Bloomsbury, 2014) and the historical fantasy novel Black and Deep Desires: William Shakespeare Vampire Hunter (Top Hat Books, 2015).

• IntroductionGraham HoldernessChapter 1. ‘All the World’s a [Post-apocalyptic] Stage’: The Future of Shakespeare in Emily St. John Mandel’s Station ElevenCharles ConawayChapter 2. Ian McEwan Celebrates Shakespeare: Hamlet in a NutshellElena Bandín and Elisa GonzálezChapter 3. Modernising Misogyny in Shakespeare’s ShrewNatalie K. EschenbaumChapter 4. Almost Shakespeare – But Not QuiteKeith JonesChapter 5. Canon Fodder and Conscripted Genres: The Hogarth Project and the Modern Shakespeare NovelLaurie E. OsborneChapter 6. Loving Shakespeare: Anne Tyler’s Vinegar Girl and the Hogarth Shakespeare ProjectElizabeth RivlinChapter 7. Millennial Dark LadiesKatherine ScheilChapter 8. Flights of Fancy and the Dissolution of Shakespearean Space-Time in Angela Carter’s Nights at the CircusKate MyersChapter 9. Hamlet’s Displacement as a Recurrent Case in Cather’s A Lost Lady and Al Halaby’s Once in a Promised LandTareq ZuhairChapter 10. Susan Abulhawa’s Appropriation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and JulietYousef Abu AmriehIndex

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