Shakespeare and the Apocalypse
Visions of Doom from Early Modern Tragedy to Popular Culture
by:
R.M. Christofides
ISBN:
1441179941
ISBN 13:
9781441179944
Shakespeare and the Apocalypse
by
R.M. Christofides
Uncovering how religious iconography influenced the language of Shakespeare's tragedies, this study locates that influence in popular culture today.
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Complete description
By connecting Shakespeare's language to the stunning artwork that depicted the end of the world, this study provides not only provides a new reading of Shakespeare but illustrates how apocalyptic art continues to influence popular culture today. Drawing on extant examples of medieval imagery, Roger Christofides uses poststructuralist and psychoanalytic accounts of how language works to shed new light on our understanding of Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear. He then links Shakespeare's dependence on his audience to appreciate the allusions made to the religious paintings to the present day. For instance, popular television series like Battlestar Galactica, seminal horror movies such as An American Werewolf in London and Carrie and recent novels like Cormac McCarthy's The Road. All draw on imagery that can be traced directly back to the depictions of the Doom, an indication of the cultural power these vivid imaginings of the end of the world have in Shakespeare's day and now.
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General info
Publisher & Imprint:
Continuum Publishing Corporation
City:
New York
Pages:
236
More info:
height 234 mm
width 156 mm
weight 509 gr
thickness 14 mm
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Age recommended:
College/higher education
Subject Indexing & Classification
Dewey:(DC23) 822.33
Library of Congress Subject: 2011046645 Shakespeare, William -
Record updated at:
18 June, 2013
time:
14:22
Summary
Shakespeare and the Apocalypse
List of Figures; Preface; 1. The Reechy Painting and the Old Church Window; 2. Hamlet and the Living Dead; 3. Masochistic Damnation in Othello; 4. Macbeth and the Angels of Doom; 5. King Lear's Promised End; 6. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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