Reading Shakespeare in the movies : non-adaptations and their meaning /
Analyzes the unacknowledged, covert presence of Shakespearean themes, structures, characters and symbolism in selected films. Writers and directors who forge an unconscious, unintentional connection to Shakespeare's work create non-adaptations, cinema that is unexpectedly similar to certain Sha...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2019]
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| Series: | Reproducing Shakespeare.
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| Summary: | Analyzes the unacknowledged, covert presence of Shakespearean themes, structures, characters and symbolism in selected films. Writers and directors who forge an unconscious, unintentional connection to Shakespeare's work create non-adaptations, cinema that is unexpectedly similar to certain Shakespeare plays while remaining independent as art. These films can illuminate core semantic issues in those plays in ways that direct adaptations cannot. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 3030288978 9783030288976 |