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Shakespeare and the English-speaking Cinema (Oxford Shakespeare Topics)

Russell Jackson

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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'sThe 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. Afilmography and suggestions for further reading complete this stimulating, fresh, and accessible account of an important aspect of Shakespeare studies.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shakespeare and the English-speaking Cinema (Oxford Shakespeare Topics). To get started finding Shakespeare and the English-speaking Cinema (Oxford Shakespeare Topics), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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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'sThe 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. Afilmography and suggestions for further reading complete this stimulating, fresh, and accessible account of an important aspect of Shakespeare studies.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shakespeare and the English-speaking Cinema (Oxford Shakespeare Topics). To get started finding Shakespeare and the English-speaking Cinema (Oxford Shakespeare Topics), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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