Shakespeare On Film : Contemporary Critical Essays (New Casebooks)
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This collection of contemporary criticism highlights the ways in which recent discussion of Shakespeare on film has drawn upon the theoretical perspectives of Marxism, feminism, psychoanalysis and post-structuralism, generating a radical reappraisal of Shakespearean cinema which has itself experienced a revival in the last decade. Ranging widely across the canon of Shakespeare films, from Max Reinhardt's A Midsummer Night's Dream to Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books, the essays address the cultural politics of film adaptation from a variety of angles, offering readings of individual films--Hamlet, Henry V, The Tempest --but also raising larger questions about the nature, purpose and future direction of Shakespearean cinema.
Shakespeare On Film : Contemporary Critical Essays (New Casebooks),Robert Shaughnessy,Palgrave Macmillan,0312214472,1564-1616,Cinema/Film: Book,English drama,English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,Film & Video - General,Film & Video - History & Criticism,Film adaptations,Film and video adaptations,History and criticism,Literary Criticism,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Shakespeare,Shakespeare, William,,Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616,Special Subjects In Motion Pictures,Performing Arts / Film / General,Shakespeare, William
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