Shakespeare on Film - Shaughnessy, Robert

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Résumé :
This collection of contemporary criticism highlights the extent to which recent discussion of Shakespeare on film has drawn upon the theoretical perspectives of Marxism, feminism, psychoanalysis and post-structuralism, generating a radical reappraisal of a Shakespearean cinema which has itself experienced a revival in the last decade. Ranging widely across the canon of Shakespeare films, from Max Reinhardt's A Midsummer Night's Dream to Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books, the essays address the cultural politics of film adaptation from a variety of angles, offering readings of individual films -Hamlet, Henry V, The Tempest - but also raising larger questions about the nature, purpose and future direction of Shakespearean cinema....

Biographie:
R.Shaughnessy
Realising Shakespeare on Film...

Sommaire:
Robert Shaughnessy is Professor of Theatre at the Guilford School of Acting, University of Surrey, UK....