{"product_id":"almost-shakespeare","title":"Almost Shakespeare","description":"\u003cp\u003e   In the past two decades, Othello has tried out for the basketball team, Macbeth has taken over a fast food joint and King Lear has moved to an Iowa farm--Shakespeare is everywhere in popular culture. This collection of essays addresses the use of Shakespearean narratives, themes, imagery and characterizations in non-Shakespearian cinema. The essays explore how Shakespeare and his work are manipulated within the popular media and explore topics such as racism, jealousy, misogyny and nationality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   The submissions concentrate on film and television programs that are adaptations of Shakespearean plays, including \u003ci\u003eMy Own Private Idaho, CSI-Miami, A Thousand Acres, Prospero's Books, O, 10 Things I Hate About You, Withnail and I, Get Over It,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe West Wing.\u003c\/i\u003e Each chapter includes notes and a list of works cited. A full bibliography completes the work; it is divided into bibliographies and filmographies, general studies and essays, derivatives based on a single play, derivatives based on several, and derivatives based on Shakespeare as a character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Instructors considering this book for use in a course may  request an examination copy here.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54231488987480,"sku":"9780786419098","price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780786419098_576f8f91-8cae-4d34-b218-100e70e1fd90.jpg?v=1764929736","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/almost-shakespeare","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}