Shakespeare S Sports Canon

Author : Chris Coculuzzi,Matt Toner
Publisher : Upstart Crow Publishing
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Sports
ISBN : 9780973909302

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Shakespeare's Sports Canon by Chris Coculuzzi,Matt Toner Pdf

It took Shakespeare 25 years to create his legacy of 38 plays and five years for Coculuzzi and Toner to destroy it. Shakespeare?s Sports Canon transforms the Complete Works of William Shakespeare into a hilarious hybrid of improvised sporting play and spectacle theatre. Presented as live UCSN (Upstart Crow Sports Network) broadcasts, the Sports Canon includes:Shakespeare?s Rugby Wars: the Wars of the Roses tetralogy presented as a rugby match as Team Lancaster and Team York scrum it out for the British Crown and Rugby Supremacy;Shakespeare?s World Cup: the famous four Tragedies as Team Denmark, England, Scotland, and Italy kick out the blank verse for Top Tragic Cup;Shakespeare?s Gladiator Games: the Roman and Greek plays as a traditional Roman Ludi where Gladiators vie for the coveted wooden Rudis...and with it their freedom;Shakespeare?s Comic Olympics: all of the Comedies and Romances as Olympic events as Athletes strive to overcome comic feats of timing in their quest for Ring Finger Gold;Shakespeare?s NHL (National History League): the leftover Histories as a tribute to Canadian street hockey and homage to the Original Six as hockey's Historical Heroes faceoff for Lord Stanley's impressive Cup.

Author : Chris Coculuzzi,Matt Toner,William Shakespeare
Publisher : Upstart Crow Publishing
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Hockey
ISBN : 9780973909357

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Shakespeare's NHL, National History League by Chris Coculuzzi,Matt Toner,William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : Dympna Callaghan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118501207

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A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare by Dympna Callaghan Pdf

The question is not whether Shakespeare studies needs feminism, but whether feminism needs Shakespeare. This is the explicitly political approach taken in the dynamic and newly updated edition of A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare. Provides the definitive feminist statement on Shakespeare for the 21st century Updates address some of the newest theatrical andcreative engagements with Shakespeare, offering fresh insights into Shakespeare’s plays and poems, and gender dynamics in early modern England Contributors come from across the feminist generations and from various stages in their careers to address what is new in the field in terms of historical and textual discovery Explores issues vital to feminist inquiry, including race, sexuality, the body, queer politics, social economies, religion, and capitalism In addition to highlighting changes, it draws attention to the strong continuities of scholarship in this field over the course of the history of feminist criticism of Shakespeare The previous edition was a recipient of a Choice Outstanding Academic Title award; this second edition maintains its coverage and range, and bringsthe scholarship right up to the present day

Author : Marina Gerzic,Aidan Norrie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000073126

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Playfulness in Shakespearean Adaptations by Marina Gerzic,Aidan Norrie Pdf

Four hundred years after William Shakespeare’s death, his works continue to not only fill playhouses around the world, but also be adapted in various forms for consumption in popular culture, including in film, television, comics and graphic novels, and digital media. Drawing on theories of play and adaptation, Playfulness in Shakespearean Adaptations demonstrates how the practices of Shakespearean adaptations are frequently products of playful, and sometimes irreverent, engagements that allow new ‘Shakespeares’ to emerge, revealing Shakespeare’s ongoing impact in popular culture. Significantly, this collection explores the role of play in the construction of meaning in Shakespearean adaptations—adaptations of both the works of Shakespeare, and of Shakespeare the man—and contributes to the growing scholarly interest in playfulness both past and present. The chapters in Playfulness in Shakespearean Adaptations engage with the diverse ways that play is used in Shakespearean adaptations on stage, screen, and page, examining how these adaptations draw out existing humour in Shakespeare’s works, the ways that play is used as a pedagogical aid to help explain complex language, themes, and emotions found in Shakespeare’s works, and more generally how play and playfulness can make Shakespeare ‘relatable,’ ‘relevant,’ and entertaining for successive generations of audiences and readers.

Author : Emma Depledge,Peter Kirwan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107154599

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Canonising Shakespeare by Emma Depledge,Peter Kirwan Pdf

This book demonstrates how the book trade of 1640-1740 canonised Shakespeare by selling, editing and promoting his plays and poems.

Author : Chris Coculuzzi,William Shakespeare,Matt Toner
Publisher : Upstart Crow Publishing
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780973909319

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Shakespeare's Rugby Wars by Chris Coculuzzi,William Shakespeare,Matt Toner Pdf

Author : Anthony Bateman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317158059

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Cricket, Literature and Culture by Anthony Bateman Pdf

In his important contribution to the growing field of sports literature, Anthony Bateman traces the relationship between literary representations of cricket and Anglo-British national identity from 1850 to the mid 1980s. Examining newspaper accounts, instructional books, fiction, poetry, and the work of editors, anthologists, and historians, Bateman elaborates the ways in which a long tradition of literary discourse produced cricket's cultural status and meaning. His critique of writing about cricket leads to the rediscovery of little-known texts and the reinterpretation of well-known works by authors as diverse as Neville Cardus, James Joyce, the Great War poets, and C.L.R. James. Beginning with mid-eighteenth century accounts of cricket that provide essential background, Bateman examines the literary evolution of cricket writing against the backdrop of key historical moments such as the Great War, the 1926 General Strike, and the rise of Communism. Several case studies show that cricket simultaneously asserted English ideals and created anxiety about imperialism, while cricket's distinctively colonial aesthetic is highlighted through Bateman's examination of the discourse surrounding colonial cricket tours and cricketers like Prince Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji of India and Sir Learie Constantine of Trinidad. Featuring an extensive bibliography, Bateman's book shows that, while the discourse surrounding cricket was key to its status as a symbol of nation and empire, the embodied practice of the sport served to destabilise its established cultural meaning in the colonial and postcolonial contexts.

Author : Michael Dobson,Stanley Wells,Will Sharpe,Erin Sullivan (Cultural historian)
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Encyclopedias
ISBN : 9780198708735

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The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare by Michael Dobson,Stanley Wells,Will Sharpe,Erin Sullivan (Cultural historian) Pdf

This is a reference text on Shakespeare's works, times, life, and afterlives. It offers stimulating and authoritative coverage of every aspect of Shakespeare and his writings, including their reinterpretation in the theatre, in criticism, and in film.

Author : Dirk Delabastita,Ton Hoenselaars
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027268372

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Multilingualism in the Drama of Shakespeare and his Contemporaries by Dirk Delabastita,Ton Hoenselaars Pdf

No literary tradition in early modern Europe was as obsessed with the interaction between the native tongue and its dialectal variants, or with ‘foreign’ languages and the phenomenon of ‘translation’, as English Renaissance drama. Originally published as a themed issue of English Text Construction 6:1 (2013), this carefully balanced collection of essays, now enhanced with a new Afterword, decisively demonstrates that Shakespeare and his colleagues were far more than just ‘English’ authors and that their very ‘Englishness’ can only be properly understood in a broader international and multilingual context. Showing a healthy disrespect for customary disciplinary borderlines, Multilingualism in the Drama of Shakespeare and his Contemporaries brings together a wide range of scholarly traditions and vastly different types of expertise. While several papers venture into previously uncharted territory, others critically revisit some of the loci classici of early modern theatrical multilingualism such as Shakespeare’s Henry V.

Author : Chris Coculuzzi,William Shakespeare
Publisher : Upstart Crow Publishing
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Canadian wit and humor
ISBN : 9780973909340

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Shakespeare's Comic Olympics by Chris Coculuzzi,William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : Luke Rodesiler
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807781319

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Bringing Sports Culture to the English Classroom by Luke Rodesiler Pdf

Learn how to use literature and informational texts related to sports as an alternative or a supplement to a canon-centric English classroom. This practical book promotes an instructional approach that honors students’ knowledge of, interests in, and experiences with sports culture to advance literacy learning. Informed by his own experiences in high school classrooms, the author documents the distinct methods employed by four secondary English teachers in rural, urban, and suburban schools. Each narrative features the voices of teachers and students and details a range of activities that readers can adapt for their unique contexts. Whether teaching traditional English courses or those focused on the study of sports literature, teachers can use this book to tap into students’ sporting interests and foster critical readings of sports culture as a mirror to our greater society. Book Features:Adaptable methods for using sports-related content to foster the six language arts: reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and visually representing.Actionable ideas for going beyond sports fandom and, instead, reading sports culture through a critical lens.Implications for incorporating sports culture into the English curriculum, whether teaching traditional courses or a stand-alone sports literature class.Answers to frequently asked questions that can support teachers as they bring sports culture to the English classroom. “Luke Rodesiler demonstrates that moving beyond traditional canonical texts and topics contributes to an understanding that racism, sexism, inequity, and inequality of all kinds are current ongoing problems. When we expand our teaching to include new topics and new voices, we can invigorate our teaching in ways that make it matter more—in both the immediate and the long term.” —From the Foreword by Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Distinguished Professor, Boise State University

Author : Chris Coculuzzi,Matt Toner,William Shakespeare
Publisher : Upstart Crow Publishing
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : World Cup (Soccer)
ISBN : 9780973909326

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Shakespeare's World Cup by Chris Coculuzzi,Matt Toner,William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : Chris Coculuzzi,William Shakespeare,Matt Toner
Publisher : Upstart Crow Publishing
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780973909333

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Shakespeare's Gladiator Games by Chris Coculuzzi,William Shakespeare,Matt Toner Pdf

Author : Julie Sanders
Publisher : Polity
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780745632971

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Shakespeare and Music by Julie Sanders Pdf

This is a study of the rich and diverse range of musical responses to Shakespeare that have taken place from the seventeenth century onwards. Written from a literary perspective, the book explores the many genres and contexts in which Shakespeare and his work have enjoyed a musical afterlife discussing opera, ballet, and classical symphony alongside musicals and film soundtracks, as well as folk music and hip-hop traditions. Taking as its starting point ideas of creativity and improvisation stemming from early modern baroque practices and the more recent example of twentieth-century jazz adaptation, this volume explores the many ways in which Shakespeares plays and poems have been re-worked by musical composers. It also places these cultural productions in their own historical moment and context. Adaptation studies is a fast emerging field of scholarship and as a contribution to this field, Shakespeare and Music: Afterlives and Borrowings: develops theories and practices from adaptation studies to think about musical responses to Shakespeare across the centuries brings together in an exciting intellectual encounter ideas and methodologies deriving from literary criticism, theatre history, film studies, and musicology explores music in its widest context, looking at classical symphonies including the work of Berlioz and Elgar and operas by Verdi and Britten as well as Broadway musicals, film scores by Shostakovich, Walton, and contemporary performers, and the jazz adaptations of Duke Ellington and others. This is a timely study that will appeal to a wide readership from lovers of Shakespeare and classical music through to students of film and historians of the theatre.

Author : Ben Carrington,Ian McDonald
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134578177

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`Race', Sport and British Society by Ben Carrington,Ian McDonald Pdf

Contrary to the popular belief that sport is an arena largely free from the corrosive effects of racism, this book argues that racism is evident throughout British sport. From playing fields and boardrooms of sports organisations, to the offices of sports policy makers and the media, this book breaks new ground in showing how discourses of 'race' and nation continue to pervade our sporting life. Looking at a range of sports, including football, rugby league and cricket, this book covers key topics such as: * British nationalism and nationalist ideology * racial science and the images of Asian and black physicality * sport, racism and the law * black feminism and the issues of race, gender and sport * the role of the media in perpetuating and challenging racial stereotypes. Challenging the prevailing liberal view that sport is one area of society where 'good race-relations' are developed, this book offers a wealth of research material, and a strong theoretical perspective on contemporary British sport. It will therefore be of vital interest to sociologists, sports studies students, sport policy-makers and anyone with an interest in contemporary British sport.