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Martin, Randall; Scheil, Katherine West - Shakespeare/Adaptation/Modern Drama: Essays in Honour of Jill Levenson - 9781442641747 - V9781442641747
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Shakespeare/Adaptation/Modern Drama: Essays in Honour of Jill Levenson

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Description for Shakespeare/Adaptation/Modern Drama: Essays in Honour of Jill Levenson hardcover. Shakespeare/Adaptation/Modern Drama is the first book-length international study to examine the critical and theatrical connections among these fields, including the motivations, methods, and limits of adaptation in modern performance media. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 655.

The relationship between modern drama and Shakespeare remains intense and fruitful, as Shakespearian themes continue to permeate contemporary plays, films, and other art-forms. Shakespeare/Adaptation/Modern Drama is the first book-length international study to examine the critical and theatrical connections among these fields, including the motivations, methods, and limits of adaptation in modern performance media.

Top scholars including Peter Holland, Alexander Leggatt, Brian Parker, and Stanley Wells examine such topics as the relationship between Shakespeare and modern drama in the context of current literary theories and historical accounts of adaptive and appropriative practices. Among the diverse and intriguing examples studied are ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442641747
SKU
V9781442641747
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Martin, Randall; Scheil, Katherine West
Randall Martin is a professor in the Department of English at the University of New Brunswick. Katherine Scheil is an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Reviews for Shakespeare/Adaptation/Modern Drama: Essays in Honour of Jill Levenson
‘An extremely worthwhile collection of essays from distinguished group of scholars, showing the varied ways drama can be adapted and appropriated and refashioned into new genres and forms.’
Dan Venning
Shakespeare Quarterly vol 65:03:2014

Goodreads reviews for Shakespeare/Adaptation/Modern Drama: Essays in Honour of Jill Levenson


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