Investigating how character, time and art manifest and interact in the visual-verbal medium of Shakespeare comics, Svenn-Arve Myklebost uncovers how this medium (which includes comic books, graphic novels and manga) reframes and interrogates the Shakespeare canon. He argues that comics' blend of literary narrativity, dramatic action and fine art draw out elements of the plays, their genesis and afterlife that other media cannot capture. Among comics' distinct affordances are their spatial treatment of time, their ability to mix genres and media, their meta-aspects, their art-historical roots, their position within print culture, their dramatic combination of words and visuals, and their generic flexibility all of which offer new ways to look at Shakespeare's dramatic and printed production.

About the Author
Svenn-Arve Myklebost is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the Inland Norway University. His research focuses on Shakespeare and the visual arts, comics, translation and occultism in literature. He coordinates The Bergen-Hamar Shakespeare Network and edits the open-access journal Early Modern Culture Online.


Book Information
ISBN 9781399546461
Author Svenn-Arve Myklebost
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press