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.

Autorentext
KAARA L. PETERSONAssociate Professor of English atMiami University, USA.****
DEANNE WILLIAMSAssociate Professor of English atYork University, UK.

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Introduction: The Afterlives of Ophelia Kaara L. Peterson & Deanne Williams 'I've got a feeling for Ophelia': Childhood and Performance Seth Lerer Reviewing Ophelia Jeremy Lopez An Actress Prepares: Seven Ophelias Neil Taylor Rebooting Ophelia: Social Media and the Rhetorics of Appropriation Sujata Iyengar and Christy Desmet The Paradox of Female Agency: Ophelia and East Asian Sensibilities Alexander Huang The Lady Vanishes: Aurality and Agency in Cinematic Ophelias Kendra Preston Leonard Enter Ofelia Playing on a Lute Deanne Williams Ophelia's Wake Paul Menzer Ophelia and Some Theatrical Successors Lois Potter Ophélie in Nineteenth-Century French Painting Delphine Gervais de Lafond At the Margins: Ophelia in Modern and Contemporary Photography Remedios Perni Double Take: Tom Hunter's The Way Home (2000) Kimberly Rhodes Afterword: Ophelia Then, Now, Hereafter Coppélia Kahn