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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 26.367  Friday, 21 August 2015

From:        Jennifer Wood <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>

Date:         August 20, 2015 at 11:34:54 AM EDT

Subject:    Revised CFP for #Bard

CALL FOR PAPERS: Shakespeare Quarterly Special Issue, Fall 2016

#Bard: Shakespeare and the History of Media

Guest Editor: Douglas M. Lanier, University of New Hampshire

From the printing of play quartos to the development of Shakespeare apps, the history of Shakespeare and the history of media have been intimately entwined in a feedback loop of considerable cultural and technological influence. With the emergence of each new media format, the objects of our study (poet, playwright, playtext, promptbook, screenplay, etc.) morph—sometimes unpredictably—into things both various and new. 

This special issue, guest edited by Shakespeare Quarterly Board Member Douglas Lanier, will investigate the myriad linkages between Shakespeare and the history of media with topics that might include the following: Shakespeare and the future of media; digital Shakespeare; Shakespeare data collection; Shakespeare, media, and the formation of community; Shakespeare and theater/movie/television technology; Shakespeare in 140 characters; Shakespeare and revisionist approaches to media history (post-McLuhan); Shakespeare as “transmedia” artist; autopoietic Shakespeare; Shakespeare and the history of photographic reproduction; Shakespearean mash-ups/samplings/applications.

In order to publish a variety of approaches to the topic, we ask that submitted papers be 7,500 words in length including notes. The deadline for submission is January 1, 2016. Papers selected from those submitted will be published in Shakespeare Quarterly in Fall 2016. Please submit your essay online through Editorial Manager and select “#Bard” from the drop-down menu in the “Article Type” field. We strongly encourage authors to consider incorporating images, audio clips, and video clips in their articles. Should you have this kind of supplemental material, please so indicate in the “Enter Comments” field in Editorial Manager, and we will contact you with additional submission instructions. Please direct questions to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Jennifer Linhart Wood, Ph.D.

Editorial Associate

Shakespeare Quarterly

Folger Shakespeare Library

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