Shakespeare and modern popular culture /

Lanier, Douglas.

Shakespeare and modern popular culture / Douglas Lanier. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002. - ix, 187 p. : ill., facsim., ports. ; 21 cm. - Oxford Shakespeare topics .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This study argues that Shakespeare's appropriation in 20th century popular culture can be seen as a form of cultural theorizing and, through a series of case studies, it examines how popular culture actively constructs, contests, uses, and perpetuates Shakespeare's cultural authority.

Specialized.

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.


Popular culture.

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