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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Main Author: Mallin, Eric S. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
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.
Physical Description:xiii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:3030288978
9783030288976