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The entry on Shakespeare explained that many of Shakespeare's plays and poems have been heavily inspired by classical works like Ovid and Seneca. Even though he's viewed as the peak of creativity and hailed as the best English writer, Shakespeare was doing to old works what millennial are doing to his works today-- remixing them, modernizing them.
2. "Twelfth Night." Shakespearean Criticism. Ed. Michelle Lee. 3rd ed. Vol. 34. Farmington Hills: Cengage Gale, 2001. Print.
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In the introduction of the Twelfth Night volume, Shakespeare's influence by classical works is further established. He's always touted as a man of original content, but draws so much inspiration and plot points from others' works! I also learned that Twelfth Night is a good play to look at if I'm studying millennial application of gender issues in Shakespeare.
3. Bowers, Fresno. "William Shakespeare." Dictionary of Literary Biography: Elizabethan Dramatists. Vol. 62. Detroit: Gale Research, 1987. Print.
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The Shakespeare entry helped me situate where Twelfth Night (and several other works) fall in the timeline of Shakespeare's career. It also has provided a bit of context for the creation of each play, especially listing the source material from which Shakespeare drew. This will be helpful as I frame my paper with the idea that Shakespeare himself approves of adapting to fit one's era.
The Shakespeare entry helped me situate where Twelfth Night (and several other works) fall in the timeline of Shakespeare's career. It also has provided a bit of context for the creation of each play, especially listing the source material from which Shakespeare drew. This will be helpful as I frame my paper with the idea that Shakespeare himself approves of adapting to fit one's era.
4. Shakespeare-online.com, especially Mabillard, Amanda. Why Study Shakespeare? Shakespeare Online. 20 Aug. 2000.
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The section "Why Study Shakespeare?" in particular helped me pinpoint what exactly about Shakespeare's works have universal appeal enough for them to remain relevant in our modern day. (It also listed some excellent modern adaptations of his works to look into.)
5. "A-Z Guide to Shakespeare: Twelfth Night." Oxford Reference. Web. 3 Nov. 2015.
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After reading sources that explained that a lot of Shakespeare's works were inspired or loosely based off other works and legends, I was excited to find out what he used for inspiration when working with Twelfth Night. This entry provided background material specifically about this play such as performance notes and timelines-- very useful information!
This feels like a really effective way of doing research about adaptation, by focusing on the classical reception that Shakespeare himself did! One of my resources indicated that Shakespeare was very influenced in his song choices in Twelfth Night by various musicians of his time, often using their music and words. Another instance of him taking from popular works of others and adopting them for his own uses and audience.
ReplyDeleteYou make a great point about creativity. Although we can certainly say with honesty that Shakespeare created much of our vocabulary, or that he shaped the way we look at theater, it's also true that he drew inspiration from elsewhere most of the time. This is heartening for artists everywhere I think.
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