{"product_id":"serial-shakespeare","title":"Serial Shakespeare","description":"Shakespeare is everywhere in contemporary media culture.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThis book explores the reasons for this dissemination and reassemblage. Ranging widely over American TV drama, it discusses the use of citations in \u003ci\u003eWestworld\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e, demonstrating how they tap into but also transform Shakespeare’s preferred themes and concerns. It then examines the presentation of female presidents in shows such as \u003ci\u003eCommander in Chief \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHouse of Cards\u003c\/i\u003e, revealing how they are modelled on figures of female sovereignty from his plays. Finally, it analyses the specifically Shakespearean dramaturgy of \u003ci\u003eDeadwood\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Americans\u003c\/i\u003e. Ultimately, the book brings into focus the way serial TV drama appropriates Shakespeare in order to give voice to the unfinished business of the American cultural imaginary.","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54263185211736,"sku":"9781526186171","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781526186171_b71177b5-9617-4efa-b7d0-17939a9b7a8b.jpg?v=1777874448","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/serial-shakespeare","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}