Shakespeare and the Problem of Adaptation

Shakespeare and the Problem of Adaptation addresses fundamental questions about the process of mediation, making use of the fraught category of adaptation to explore how we currently understand the Shakespearean work. Margaret Jane Kidnie argues that 'play' and 'adaptation' are provisional categories - mutually dependent processes that evolve over time in accordance with the needs of users.

Author: Margaret Jane Kidnie
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 11/24/2008
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780415308687

About the Author

Margaret Jane Kidnie is Associate Professor of English at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. She has edited early modern drama and prose, and has published widely on performance, adaptation, textual studies, and editorial practice. She is currently editing A Woman Killed with Kindness for the Arden Early Modern Drama series.