Shakespeare and World Cinema
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...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/cbo9780511760211 2024-06-09T07:44:02+00:00 Shakespeare and World Cinema Thornton Burnett, Mark 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511760211 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9780511760211 9781107559561 9781107003316 monograph 2012 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511760211 2024-05-15T13:08:09Z 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. Book Arctic Cambridge University Press Arctic Romeo ENVELOPE(-59.927,-59.927,-62.376,-62.376) Thornton ENVELOPE(-57.467,-57.467,-63.267,-63.267) |
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