The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
Editorial Reviews
Review
'Cogently organised ... anyone wishing to purchase a single volume on the subject would do well to go for (this).' Times Literary Supplement
'A well-priced, intelligently written collection which brings together familiar strands of critical analysis.' Shakespeare Yearbook
'Thanks to the diversity of approaches the Companion can be recommended as a valuable source of information and sound introduction to the state of the art.' Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Book Description
This lively Companion is a collection of critical and historical essays on the films adapted from, and inspired by, Shakespeare's plays. Leading scholars discuss Shakespearean films from a variety of perspectives--as works of art in their own right, as products of the international movie industry, in relation to cinematic and theatrical genres, and as the work of particular directors from Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles to Franco Zeffirelli and Kenneth Branagh. The volume includes strong coverage of adaptations of Hamlet, Richard III, Macbeth, King Lear and Romeo and Juliet.
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film (Cambridge Companions to Literature),Russell Jackson,Cambridge University Press,0521639751,1564-1616,English drama,English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,Film & Video - History & Criticism,Film adaptations,Film and video adaptations,History and criticism,Literary Criticism,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Shakespeare,Shakespeare, William,,British Isles,English,Films, cinema,Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,Shakespeare studies & criticism,Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Film and video adaptations
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