1st Edition

Shakespeare and Celebrity Cultures

By Jennifer Holl Copyright 2021
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

This book argues that Shakespeare and various cultures of celebrity have enjoyed a ceaselessly adaptive, symbiotic relationship since the final decade of the sixteenth century, through which each entity has contributed to the vitality and adaptability of the other.   In five chapters, Jennifer Holl explores the early modern culture of theatrical celebrity and its resonances in print and... Read more

Acknowledgements, Introduction, Chapter 1: Stars in Deed, Chapter 2: A Commodity of Good Names, Chapter 3: The Celebrity’s Two Bodies, Chapter 4: A Shakespeare that Looks Like Shakespeare, Chapter 5: #shakespeare

Biography

Jennifer Holl is an Associate Professor of English at Rhode Island College, USA.