- 263 pages
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The Afterlife of Ophelia
About this book
This collection of new essays is the first to explore the rich afterlife of one of Shakespeare's most recognizable characters. With contributions from an international group of established and emerging scholars, The Afterlife of Ophelia moves beyond the confines of existing scholarship and forges new lines of inquiry beyond Shakespeare studies.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Credits and Captions to Images
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Afterlives of Ophelia
- Chapter 1 “I’ve got a feeling for Ophelia”: Childhood and Performance
- Chapter 2 Reviewing Ophelia
- Chapter 3 An Actress Prepares: Seven Ophelias
- Chapter 4 Rebooting Ophelia: Social Media and the Rhetorics of Appropriation
- Chapter 5 The Paradox of Female Agency: Ophelia and East Asian Sensibilities
- Chapter 6 The Lady Vanishes: Aurality and Agency in Cinematic Ophelias
- Chapter 7 Enter Ofelia Playing on a Lute
- Chapter 8 Ophelia’s Wake
- Chapter 9 Ophelia and Some Theatrical Successors
- Chapter 10 Ophélie in Nineteenth-Century French Painting
- Chapter 11 At the Margins: Ophelia in Modern and Contemporary Photography
- Chapter 12 Double Take: Tom Hunter’s The Way Home (2000)
- Afterword: Ophelia Then, Now, Hereafter
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
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