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Screen Adaptations: The Tempest: A close study of the relationship between text and film

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Description for Screen Adaptations: The Tempest: A close study of the relationship between text and film Paperback. A close study of the relationship between text and film versions of The Tempest. Literature and film studies students will find plenty of material to support their courses and essay writing on how the film versions provide different readings of the original text. Series: Screen Adaptations. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; APF; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 176.
Literature and film studies students will find plenty of material to support their courses and essay writing on how the film versions provide different readings of the original text. Focussing on numerous film versions, from Percy Stow's 1908 adaptation to Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books, the book discusses: the literary text in its historical context, key themes and dominant readings of the text, how the text is adapted for screen and how adaptations have changed our reading of the original text. There are numerous excerpts from the literary text, screenplays and shooting scripts, with suggestions for comparison. The book also features ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Screen Adaptations
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780713679106
SKU
V9780713679106
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About Professor Lisa Hopkins
Lisa Hopkins is Professor of English at University of Sheffield Hallam. She has published numerous works on Shakespeare, her most recent work, Beginning Shakespeare by Manchester University Press 2005 and has written on film adaptations including Screening the Gothic. She is the Senior Editor of the online journal, Early Modern Literary Studies.

Reviews for Screen Adaptations: The Tempest: A close study of the relationship between text and film
'Lisa Hopkins' Screen Adaptations: Shakespeare's The Tempest is accessible and insightful...this book offers some valuable provocations into the screen afterlife of the Bard's 'late Romance'. Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance (2009)

Goodreads reviews for Screen Adaptations: The Tempest: A close study of the relationship between text and film


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