Shakespeare on Film

Part I: 'Degrees of Remove': Translating the Language, Translating the Story 1. An Excellent Dumb Discourse: British and American Shakespeare Films, 1899-1916 2. 'Wresting an Alphabet': Continental European Shakespeare Films, 1907-22 3. Cross-cultural Narrative Rhymes: The Shakespeare Films of Akira Kurosawa 4. Roguish Interventions: American Shakespearean Offshoots   Part II: Moment and Context: How History Works on Story 5. Historically Juxtaposed Beans (I): A Midsummer Night's Dream on Film 6. Historically Juxtaposed Beans (II): ­ The Tempest on Film 7. Boxing with Ghosts: The Shakespeare Films of Kenneth Branagh 8. Leaves of Brass and Gads of Steel: Cinema as Subject in Shakespeare Films, 1991-2000 Filmography Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Judith Buchanan, Judith R. Buchanan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.09.2005
• EAN: 9780582437166
• ISBN: 978-0-582-43716-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Inside Film; Inside Film
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV