Criminal Shakespeares

Adaptation, Influence, and New Interpretations
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-3-032-40379-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies

examines a range of subjects across time, from true-crime narratives of Shakespeare’s day to the lives of sex-workers in the 16th century to news reports of 19th-century train robbers, as well as the ethical implications of showcasing Shakespeare in incarcerated classrooms. By considering representations of crime across eras, this collection revisits conversations about cultural power with an eye towards genre and the destabilization in our contemporary moment.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Garrison, John S.

Rapatz, Vanessa L.

Pivetti, Kyle

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Chapter 1: Introduction: Criminalizing Shakespeare.- Part I: Scenes of the Crime.- Chapter 2: The Craft of Early Modern Intimate Labor.- Chapter 3: “How Easily Murder is Discovered”: Shakespeare and Early Modern Detection.- Part Two: Detecting Shakespeare.- Chapter 4: The “Perfect Criminal”: Iago, Naïve Reading, and Agatha Christie’s Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case.- Chapter 5: Hamlet, Detective / Hamlet, Murderer.- Chapter 6: Tonypandy and True Crime: Re-examining Josephine Tey’s The Daughter of Time and Richard III’s Remains.- Part Three: Imprisoned Shakespeares.- Chapter 7: Grievous Imposition: Prison Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, and the Persistence of Carceral Prejudice.- Chapter 8: “I am a free man again”: Shakespeare and Public Redemption at the Turn of the 20th Century.- Chapter 9: A Question of Character: Paradigmatic Motivation in Prison Shakespeare Programs.- Chapter 10: Afterthoughts: Criminal Shakespeares.

Über Autor(innen)

John S. Garrison is an Independent Scholar. His most recent books are (2024) and (2024). Among other honors, he is a two-time recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship and he was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 2021.

Vanessa L. Rapatz  is Associate Professor of English at Ball State University, USA. Her first book is  (2020). She has published on topics including religion in the early modern marketplace and pedagogical approaches to Margaret Cavendish, and recently co-authored a chapter with Marianne Montgomery for  (2026).

Kyle Pivetti is Professor of English at Norwich University, USA. He is co-author, with John Garrison, of (2018) and co-editor of the series, which examines present day issues through the study of Shakespeare. His research focuses on memory, political identity, and adaptation.