The Afterlife of Ophelia [electronic resource] /
Williams, Deanne.author.
Peterson, K.editor.
This collection of new essays is the first to explore the rich afterlife of one of Shakespeare's most recognizable characters. With contributions from an international group of established and emerging scholars, The Afterlife of Ophelia moves beyond the confines of existing scholarship and forges new lines of inquiry beyond Shakespeare studies.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Credits and Captions to Images; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Afterlives of Ophelia; Chapter 1 "I've got a feeling for Ophelia": Childhood and Performance; Chapter 2 Reviewing Ophelia; Chapter 3 An Actress Prepares: Seven Ophelias; Chapter 4 Rebooting Ophelia: Social Media and the Rhetorics of Appropriation; Chapter 5 The Paradox of Female Agency: Ophelia and East Asian Sensibilities; Chapter 6 The Lady Vanishes: Aurality and Agency in Cinematic Ophelias; Chapter 7 Enter Ofelia Playing on a Lute; Chapter 8 Ophelia's Wake
Chapter 9 Ophelia and Some Theatrical SuccessorsChapter 10 Ophélie in Nineteenth-Century French Painting; Chapter 11 At the Margins: Ophelia in Modern and Contemporary Photography; Chapter 12 Double Take: Tom Hunter's The Way Home (2000); Afterword: Ophelia Then, Now, Hereafter; Notes on Contributors; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This collection of new essays is the first to explore the rich afterlife of one of Shakespeare's most recognizable characters. With contributions from an international group of established and emerging scholars, The Afterlife of Ophelia moves beyond the confines of existing scholarship and forges new lines of inquiry beyond Shakespeare studies.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Ophelia (Fictitious character)
Literature, Modern.
Poetry.
Theater—History.
British literature.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Poetry and Poetics.
Theatre History.
British and Irish Literature.