A Concise Companion to Shakespeare on Screen - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1405115106 ISBN 13 : 9781405115100

Editeur : Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

This Concise Companion presents a multidisciplinary range of approaches to a vast multimedia subject, Shakespeare on screen. The book's contributors use the latest thinking from cultural studies, communications, and comparative media, in dialogue with literary, theatrical, and filmic approaches, in order to push the field forward. They consider Shakespeare on screen not only as a set of finished products but also as a process. For this reason, the volume is organized around topics such as authorship and collaboration, theatricality, sex and violence, globalization, and history. The Concise Companion offers readers a variety of accessible routes into Shakespeare on screen and supports further study of the subject through the inclusion of a bibliography, a chronological chart, and a thorough index. At the same time, it serves as a focal point for exploring fundamental issues in the study of literature and culture more broadly, such as the relationships between elite and popular culture, art and the marketplace, text, image, and performance.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"With this collection, Henderson...and her fellow contributors rocket Shakespearian studies into the 21st Century...the collection offers a variety of ways to study Shakespearian screen adaptations, thus providing an exciting new avenue of critical study for those looking to break free of the more staid critical analysis of old. Highly recommended" Choice

This superb collection of essays takes the study of Shakespeare on film to a whole new level, telling us where the discipline has reached and where we can go from here. From problems of film–acting and gender to cross–culturalism and pixelvision, the book covers an enormous range of approaches as it considers the full gamut of Shakespeare films (old and new; good, bad and indifferent). It may be a Concise Companion but there is nothing skimped here; instead, the collection is as rich and provocative as one could imagine and as exhilarating as the films themselves. Peter Holland, University of Notre Dame

The essays are superbly interwoven with the overall structure of the volume. The work presented in this volume is really impressive. It covers every necessary aspect needed to understand the discipline and completes what has been published so far opening new avenues for research. All that rethinking done in the past years has been appropriately summarized and expanded in this magnificent volume. It presents enough material to keep making sense of our subject, and await the next viewing . What more could one ask for? The careful reading of the essays included in this companion will elicit from us the wish to continue to discern something meaningful .
Jorge Luis Bueno Alonso, University of Vigo, Sederi

"A serious and penetrating series of articles that supply dimensions we may not have been aware of and that enhance our understanding of the different Shakespeares we see on the screen All libraries connected with cultural and media studies should have this book on their shelves."
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Quatrième de couverture

This Concise Companion presents a multidisciplinary range of approaches to a vast multimedia subject, Shakespeare on screen.

The book s contributors use the latest thinking from cultural studies, communications, and comparative media, in dialogue with literary, theatrical, and filmic approaches, in order to push the field forward. They consider Shakespeare on screen not only as a set of finished products but also as a process. For this reason, the volume is organized around topics such as authorship and collaboration, theatricality, sex and violence, globalization, and history.

The Concise Companion offers readers a variety of accessible routes into Shakespeare on screen and supports further study of the subject through the inclusion of a bibliography, a chronological chart, and a thorough index. At the same time, it serves as a focal point for exploring fundamental issues in the study of literature and culture more broadly, such as the relationships between elite and popular culture, art and the marketplace, text, image, and performance.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1405115106
• ISBN 13: 9781405115100
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Éditeur: Henderson Diana E.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible