Back in 2007, while I was working on my M.A. at Northern Illinois University, I helped edit this collection that my colleague, mentor, and friend Christoph Lindner was putting together on Casino Royale. I contributed an essay titled "The History of Casino Royale on (and off) the Screen" that looks at the film in relationship to the copyright controversy surrounding Ian Fleming's original novel and its previous adaptations in different media.The anthology was originally scheduled for publication in 2009, but a lot has happened since the book went to press: Christoph, then my advisor at NIU, is now Professor and Chair of English Literature at the University of Amsterdam; I'm presently finishing up coursework in my Ph.D. program at Indiana University. After a series of unavoidable, financially-related delays at Wallflower, Revisioning 007: James Bond and Casino Royale is now available in the U.K. through Wallflower and in the U.S. through Columbia University Press. Congrats, Christoph, and to the talented group of international, interdisciplinary scholars who took part in the project: Brian Baker, Douglas A. Cunningham, Douglas L. Howard, Audrey D. Johnson, Richard Gabri, Monika Gehlawat, René Glas, Joyce Goggin, Keren Omry, Jason Sperb, and Estella Tincknell.
Publisher Description:
Revisioning 007 is a lively collection of new essays on the reinvention of James Bond in the 2006 film Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig in his first appearance as Agent 007. Treating Casino Royale as a case study in popular film culture and as a significant turning point in the 007 series, the book offers innovative readings of the film and its inter-relations with the Bond franchise, the culture industry and recent developments in cinema, society and world politics. Essay topics range from the analysis of 007’s masochism, voyeurism and hyper-mobility, to the examination of the film’s testicular torture scene, the links between international politics and high-stakes gambling and the changing role of the secret agent in a post-9/11 world order.
