Shakespeare Cut: Rethinking Cutwork in an Age of Distraction

by Bruce R Smith and Bruce R. Smith

In distracted times like the present, Shakespeare too has been driven to distraction. Shakespeare Cut considers contemporary practices of cutting up Shakespeare in stage productions, videogames, book sculptures, and YouTube postings, but it also takes the long view of how Shakespeare's texts have been cut apart in creative ways beginning in Shakespeare's own time. The book's five chapters consider cuts, cutting, and cutwork from a variety of angles:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019883117X
• ISBN13: 9780198831174
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.6"