| Shakespeare and the English-Speaking Cinema Contributor(s): Jackson, Russell (Author) |
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ISBN: 019965946X ISBN-13: 9780199659463 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $31.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2014 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare |
| Dewey: 791.436 |
| LCCN: 2014934902 |
| Series: Oxford Shakespeare Topics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" (0.50 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Shakespeare and the English-speaking Cinema is a lively, authoritative, and innovative overview of the ways in which Shakespeare's plays have been adapted for cinema. Organised by topics rather than chronology, it offers detailed commentary on significant films, including both 'mainstream' and 'canonical' works by such directors as Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Franco Zeffirelli, and Kenneth Branagh, and such ground-breaking movies as Derek Jarman's The Tempest, Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet and Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books. Chapters on the location of films in place and time, the effect of this on characterisation, and issues of gender and political power are followed by a discussion of work that goes 'beyond Shakespeare. A filmography and suggestions for further reading complete this stimulating, fresh, and accessible account of an important aspect of Shakespeare studies. |