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标题：Shakespeare in The Sandman : Two Words Colliding
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作者：Jenny Luco
期刊名称：Via Panorâmica : Revista Electrónica de Estudos Anglo-Americanos
电子版ISSN：1645-9652
出版年度：2009
卷号：2
期号：2
出版社：Biblioteca Digital da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto
摘要：Whereas.comics.have. always.been.regarded.as.some. kind.of.pulp,.the.kind. of.work.that.attracts.male.adolescent.fan.boys.of.spandex©\clad.superheroes.and.their.scantily.dressed.female.counterparts,. the.winds.have. been.changing..A.major. factor. in.this.change. has. been. Neil. Gaiman's. series. of. short. stories. The. Sandman.. This. series.features.stories. of.a.more. psychological.and. literary.kind,.and. its.popularity. caused.the.establishment.of.a.new.brand.of.comic,.a.branch.of.the.famous.DC.Comics.which.goes.under.the.name.Vertigo..Vertigo.imprint.produces.comics.that.are.meant.to.also.attract.an.audience.unfamiliar.with.comic.books,.opening.up.the.genre.and.showing.its.virtues. to.the. outside.world..The. Sandman's. popularity. reached. its. summit. with.the.acquiring.of.the.World.Fantasy.Award.for.best.short.story.in.1991,.which.was.the.first. time. ever. for. a. comic. to. win. a. prize. in. the. category. of. prose. fiction.. The.boundaries. between. high. and. low. culture. appear. to. be. fading.. Interestingly,. the.story. which. won. Gaiman. the. prize,. was. the. one. that. goes. by. the. name. of. "A.Midsummer. Night's. Dream",. and. is. actually. a. rendering. of. Shakespeare's. play,.including. both. Shakespeare. himself,. as. a. character,. and. The. Sandman's. main.character,. Dream. (also. known. as. Morpheus. and. by. several. other. names)..