Shakespeare and World Cinema.
This book explores the significance of Shakespeare in contemporary world cinema for the first time.
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. |
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| Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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| Summary: | This book explores the significance of Shakespeare in contemporary world cinema for the first time. Shakespeare and World Cinema radically re-imagines the field of Shakespeare on film, drawing on a wealth of examples from Africa, the Arctic, Brazil, China, France, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Tibet, Venezuela, Yemen and elsewhere. Mark Thornton Burnett explores the contemporary significance of Shakespeare cinema outside the Hollywood mainstream for the first time, arguing that these adaptations are an essential part of the story of Shakespearean performance and reception. The book reveals in unique detail the scope, inventiveness and vitality of over seventy films that have undeservedly slipped beneath the radar of critical attention and also discusses regional Shakespeare cinema in Latin America and Asia. Utilising original interviews with filmmakers throughout, it introduces new auteurs, analyses multiple adaptations of plays such as Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet and pioneers fresh methodologies for understanding the role that Shakespeare continues to play in the international marketplace. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (290 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781139782302 |