×


 x 

Shopping cart
Michael Anderegg - Cinematic Shakespeare - 9780742510913 - V9780742510913
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

Cinematic Shakespeare

€ 115.96
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Cinematic Shakespeare Hardback. Cinematic Shakespeare takes the reader inside the making of a number of significant adaptations to illustrate how cinema transforms and re-imagines the dramatic form and style central to Shakespeare's imagination. Series: Genre and Beyond: A Film Studies Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APF; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
Cinematic Shakespeare takes the reader inside the making of a number of significant adaptations to illustrate how cinema transforms and re-imagines the dramatic form and style central to Shakespeare's imagination. Cinematic Shakespeare investigates how Shakespeare films constitute an exciting and ever-changing film genre. The challenges of adopting Shakespeare to cinema are like few other film genres. Anderegg looks closely at films by Laurence Olivier (Richard III), Orson Welles (Macbeth), and Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet) as well as topics like 'Postmodern Shakespeares' (Julie Taymor's Titus and Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books) and multiple adaptations over the years of Romeo and Juliet. A chapter ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Genre and Beyond: A Film Studies Series
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742510913
SKU
V9780742510913
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Michael Anderegg
Michael Anderegg is professor of English and film studies at the University of North Dakota. He is the author of William Wyler (1979), David Lean (1982), and the editor of Inventing Vietnam (1991). His most recent book is Orson Welles, Shakespeare, and Popular Culture (1999).

Reviews for Cinematic Shakespeare
Anderegg's witty, user-friendly, and exquisitely detailed analysis of film's effort to retain even as it reconstitutes 'Shakespeare' for changing audiences at crucial historical junctures distinguishes this book as a vital contribution to the combined fields of Shakespeare and Film Studies, as well as a sheer delight to read.
Courtney Lehmann, University of the Pacific Zestfully and engagingly written, informed ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Cinematic Shakespeare


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!