Shakespeare and Geek Culture

Andrew James Hartley is the Robinson Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA. He is the author of various scholarly books including The Shakespearean Dramaturg, Shakespeare and Political Theatre, a performance history of Julius Caesar, and essay collections on Shakespeare on the University stage and Shakespeare in Millennial fiction. He is an honorary fellow of the University of Central Lancashire, UK.Peter Holland is the McMeel Family Professor of Shakespeare Studies and Associate Dean for the Arts at the University of Notre Dame, USA. He was Director of the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon and is a past president of the Shakespeare Association of America. He is Chair of the International Shakespeare Association.

A great contribution to Shakespeare scholarship, especially those chapters which present informative, inspiring, and transformative ways fandom culture could be of use to Shakespeare studies.

• A. Geek Culture and Fiction1. Shakespeare, Tolkien and Geeking Out, by Andrew James Hartley (University of North Carolina, USA)2. “’I opened a door; that is all’: Neil Gaiman’s Decidedly Human Shakespeare in The Sandman.” by Emily Leverett (University of North Carolina, USA)3. Shakespeare Unfocused in Time: Collective Memory and Anachronism in Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters, by Kyle Pivetti (University of Norwich, UK)4. May the Bard Be with You: The Presence or Absence of Shakespeare’s Language in SciFi/Fantasy Adaptations , by Ann Martinez (Kent State University, USA)5. “Questions of Time and Tense”: Shakespeare’s Past and Science Fiction’s Future, by Andrew Tumminia (Spring Hill College, USA)B. Geek Culture and the Shakespeare Sandbox6. “Let’s kill Claudius in the church!”: Fan Fiction and Wish Fulfillment in Ryan North’s To Be or Not to Be and Romeo and/or Juliet, by Johnathan H. Pope ( Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)7. Hiddleston-Shakespeare-Coriolanus: Rhizomatic Crossings in Fanfic, by Stephen O’Neill (Maynooth University, Ireland)8. The Bard is dead, long live the Bard: Geek Bardolatry, the Death of the Author and Kill Shakespeare, by Douglas M. Lanier (University of Newfoundland, USA)9. “There Lies the Substance”: Rediscovering Richard in Geek Culture, by Valerie M. Fazel (Arizona State University, USA) and Louise Geddes (Adelphi University, USA)10. On eating paper and drinking ink, by Matt Kozusko (Ursinus College, USA)C. Pastimes, Gaming and Shakespeare11. Shakespeare and the Renaissance of Board Games: Appropriation, Agency, and the Geek, by Vernon Dickson (Florida International University, USA)12. Boy Scouting with the Bard, by M. Tyler Sasser (University of Alabama, USA)13. The Play of Gender Is The Thing: Geeky Shakespeare and the Power of What If?, by Jessica McCall (Delaware Valley University, USA)14. Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as Shakespearean Theater, by Rebecca Bushnell (University of Pennsylvania, USA)D. Film, Theatre and Geek Culture15. Vulnerable Geek Masculinity in Recent Shakespeare on Film, by Keith M. Botelho (Kennesaw State University, USA)16. Shakespearean Whedon and Whedonesque Shakespeare, by Jennifer Flaherty (Georgia College, USA)17. Worst. Lear. Ever.: Early Modern Drama and Geek Hermeneutics, by James D. Mardock (University of Nevada, USA)18. I Can Geek Upon Occasion: Shakespeare and Theatrical Geekery, by Peter Holland (University of Notre Dame, USA)NotesReferencesIndex