Shakespearean Job Postings: Interviews with Characters Profoundly Unfit for their Intended Professions - Couverture souple

Cramer, Stephen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1972482203 ISBN 13 : 9781972482209

Editeur : Serving House Books, 2026

Synopsis

In Shakespearean Job Postings: Interviews with Characters Profoundly Unfit for their Intended Professions, Stephen Cramer envisions a slew of Shakespearean characters, one from each of the Bard's 38 plays, being grilled about why they might--or might not--be a good fit for their proposed organizations. Cue an egregious litany of ineptitude. Much Ado About Nothing ’s Beatrice, who is notoriously anti-marriage, applies to be a marriage counselor. Jack Cade, from Henry VI part 2, applies to be a second-grade teacher. This, from the guy who is suspicious of anyone who can read. Falstaff, from Henry IV, attempts to become a bartender, but during his interview he has his fill behind the bar and leaves nothing to drink for anyone else. The book includes a mix of more commonly known personalities (Ophelia, Lady Macbeth, and Iago), some who are the namesakes of their plays (Cleopatra, Henry VI, Richard III), as well as some perhaps lesser-known characters (Holofernes, Jack Cade, Dionyza, and Volumnia), all of whom are worth getting to know, despite their considerable deficiencies in certain segments of the workforce!

Stephen Cramer’s first book of poems, Shiva’s Drum, was selected for the National Poetry Series and published by University of Illinois Press. Bone Music, his sixth, won the Louise Bogan Award. His ninth, The Disintegration Loops, was a finalist for the Vermont Book Award. His other books involving the bard include Shakespeare Redacted (Blackout Poems), Shakespeare Unscene: Dialogues that Madeth Not the Final Cut, and OMG, Shakespeare, WTH? (Bardesque Texts). Cramer’s work has appeared in journals such as The American Poetry Review, African American Review, The Yale Review, and Harvard Review. He teaches writing and literature at the University of Vermont and lives with his wife and teenager in Burlington.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Serving House Books
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1972482203
• ISBN 13: 9781972482209
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 152
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