Keir Elam

1.6k total citations
21 papers, 405 citations indexed

About

Keir Elam is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Keir Elam has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 405 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Keir Elam's work include Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism (5 papers), Irish and British Studies (3 papers) and Literature: history, themes, analysis (3 papers). Keir Elam is often cited by papers focused on Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism (5 papers), Irish and British Studies (3 papers) and Literature: history, themes, analysis (3 papers). Keir Elam collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Keir Elam's co-authors include Anna McMullan, H. Porter Abbott, John Pilling, Michael Worton, Andrew Gurr, Anthony Graham‐White and Marcello Pagnini and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Poetics Today and SubStance.

In The Last Decade

Keir Elam

12 papers receiving 243 citations

Peers

Keir Elam
W. B. Worthen United States
Ezra Pound Argentina
Mladen Dolar Slovenia
John Hollander United States
James A. W. Heffernan United States
William K. Wimsatt United States
Ulrich Weisstein United States
W. B. Worthen United States
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Elam, Keir. (2017). Shakespeare's Pictures: Visual Objects in the Drama. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 2 indexed citations
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Elam, Keir. (2017). Shakespeare’s Pictures. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc eBooks.
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Elam, Keir, et al.. (2010). Women’s Romantic Theatre and Drama: History, Agency, Performance.
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Elam, Keir, et al.. (2009). Manuale di letteratura e cultura inglese. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 1–629. 1 indexed citations
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Elam, Keir. (2003). The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama. 195 indexed citations
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Elam, Keir. (1997). WORLD'S END: West Brompton, Turdy and other Godforsaken Holes. Samuel Beckett Today / Aujourd’hui. 6(1). 165–180. 2 indexed citations
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Elam, Keir. (1996). The Fertile Eunuch: Twelfth Night, Early Modern Intercourse, and the Fruits of Castration. Shakespeare Quarterly. 47(1). 1–1. 7 indexed citations
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Elam, Keir. (1995). Tempo's Sickle: Rapping, Zapping, Toasting, and Trekking through History in Black British Drama. The Yearbook of English Studies. 25. 173–173.
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Pilling, John, et al.. (1994). The Cambridge Companion to Beckett. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 26 indexed citations
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Gurr, Andrew & Keir Elam. (1988). Shakespeare's Universe of Discourse: Language-Games in the Comedies. The Yearbook of English Studies. 18. 260–260. 1 indexed citations
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Elam, Keir, et al.. (1987). La grande festa del linguaggio. Shakespeare e la lingua inglese. Poetics Today. 8(1). 202–202.
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Elam, Keir. (1985). Shakespeare's Universe of Discourse: Language-Games in the Comedies. Poetics Today. 6(4). 799–799. 8 indexed citations
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Elam, Keir. (1984). After Magritte, After Carroll, After Wittgenstein: What Tom Stoppard's Tortoise Taught Us. Modern Drama. 27(4). 469–485. 2 indexed citations
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Graham‐White, Anthony & Keir Elam. (1982). The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama. Theatre Journal. 34(3). 416–416. 1 indexed citations
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Elam, Keir, et al.. (1982). The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 40(4). 439–439. 5 indexed citations
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Elam, Keir, et al.. (1981). Toward a Segmentation of the Dramatic Text. Poetics Today. 2(3). 163–163. 13 indexed citations
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Elam, Keir. (1980). The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama. 119 indexed citations
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Elam, Keir. (1977). Language in the Theater. SubStance. 6(18/19). 139–139. 5 indexed citations
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Elam, Keir, et al.. (1969). Shakespeare's Universe of Discourse: Language-Games in the Comedies. Renaissance and Reformation. 22(2). 229–232. 15 indexed citations

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