Screen Performance and the Shakespeare Film Canon in the Spotlight - of Archivisio

Revolutions in post-digital archival practice and other forms of historical research necessitate an increasingly sophisticated interdisciplinary approach to Shakespeare studies, with Shakespeare-based films serving as an ideal model for the ongoing transformations of many disciplinary fields.

List of contents

Introduction: Microcinehistory as an alternative to Shakespeare as Historical Relic, Scientific Curiosity and Ideological Battleground; Chapter 1: Going, Going, Gone: On film as a Self-Consuming Medium and the Historical Consequences to Shakespeare Studies; Chapter 2: The Better Angels of Rediscovery: Digitization, Restoration, and Evolving Archival Practices; Chapter 3: The Forces of Fragmentation: Commercial Imperatives and National Policies; Chapter 4: The Greatest Shakespeare Film Never Made: A Bare-Bones Approach to Paratexts and Preservation; Chapter 5: Cold Wars and Genre Wars: Understanding Mediation, Remediation, and Intermediation; Chapter 6: Out of the Shadows: Messages from Many Margins; Hopeful Conclusion: Reanimating a Discourse; Defining a Paradigm; Establishing a True Canon; Notes; Works Cited; Index. 

About the author

Anthony Guneratne's books, articles, conference presentations and event programming foreground Shakespeare's increasing role in media innovation and archival research and practice.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony R Guneratne, Anthony R. Guneratne, R. Guneratne, Guneratne Anthony R.
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.12.2021, delayed
• EAN: 9781839982699
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-269-9
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Anthem Studies in Theatre and; Anthem Studies in Theatre and Performance
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Performing Arts, PERFORMING ARTS / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, DRAMA / Shakespeare, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean