Research Catalog

Title

Shakespeare and Game of thrones / Jeffrey R. Wilson.

Author

Wilson, Jeffrey R. (Jeffrey Robert), 1982-

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

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Details

Description

xi, 127 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"It is widely acknowledged that the hit franchise Game of Thrones is based on the Wars of the Roses, a bloody fifteenth-century civil war between feuding English families. In this book, Jeffrey R. Wilson shows how that connection was mediated by Shakespeare, and how a knowledge of the Shakespearean context enriches our understanding of the literary elements of Game of Thrones. On the one hand, Shakespeare influenced Game of Thrones indirectly because his history plays significantly shaped the way the Wars of the Roses are now remembered, including the modern histories and historical fictions George R.R. Martin drew upon. On the other, Game of Thrones also responds to Shakespeare's first tetralogy directly by adapting several of its literary strategies (such as shifting perspectives, mixed genres, and metatheater) and tropes (including the stigmatized protagonist and the prince who was promised). Presenting new interviews with the Game of Thrones cast, and comparing contextual circumstances of composition-such as collaborative authorship and political currents-this book also lodges a series of provocations about writing and acting for the stage in the Elizabethan age and for the screen in the twenty-first century. An essential read for fans of the franchise, as well as students and academics looking at Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature in the context of modern media"--

Subjects

• Great Britain
• History
• 1455-1485
• Wars of the Roses > (Great Britain : > 1455-1485)
• War and literature
• Literature and history
• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• History on television
• Song of ice and fire (Martin, George R. R.)
• Game of thrones (Television program)
• Great Britain > History > Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485 > Literature and the war
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Influence
• Martin, George R. R > Song of ice and fire

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Tudor myth -- Martin's Shakespeare -- The Shakespearean slingshot -- Composition history and co(rporate)-authorship -- From true tragedy to historical fantasy -- Comical-tragical-historical-pastoral : mixed genre -- Narrative relief : from comedy to nudity -- Spectacle and success from the medieval church service to CGI -- Game of thrones as Shakespearean performance : interviews with the actors -- External predictability, internal unpredictability -- Eddard as Gloucester : de casibus virorum illustrum -- Wars of Roses : a literary trope in social life -- The stigmatized protagonist : the tragic model and the heroic model -- Girl power : mimetic feminism and rhetorical misogyny -- Generic bias : gender, race, criticism -- The bloody hand : intertextual metatheater -- The Targaryen myth -- How George R.R. Martin changed the ending of Game Of thrones -- Fandom as IKEA effect.

Call Number

MWGT 21-1164

ISBN

• 9780367483920
• 0367483920
• 9781003039662 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2020027376

OCLC

1162383101

Author

Wilson, Jeffrey R. (Jeffrey Robert), 1982- author.

Title

Shakespeare and Game of thrones / Jeffrey R. Wilson.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1455-1485

Other Form:

Online version: Wilson, Jeffrey R. (Jeffrey Robert), 1982- Shakespeare and Game of thrones Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021 9781003039662 (DLC) 2020027377

Research Call Number

MWGT 21-1164