Shakespeare on Film - Contemporary Critical Essays

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.

Sommario

Acknowledgements.- General Editor's Preface.- Introduction; R.Shaughnessy.- Realising Shakespeare on Film; J.J.Jorgens.- Laurence Olivier's Henry V; A.Davies.- Shakespeare and Film: A Question of Perspective; C.Belsey.- Radical Potentiality and Institutional Closure; G.Holderness.- Symbolism in Shakespeare Film; J.Collick.- Olivier, Hamlet and Freud; P.S.Donaldson.- Branagh and the Prince, or a 'royal fellowship of death'; C.Breight.- A Post-National European Cinema: A Consideration of Derek Jarman's The Tempest and Edward II; C.MacCabe.- Katherina Bound; or Play(K)ating the Strictures of Everyday Life; B.Hodgdon.- Drowning the Book: Prospero's Books and the Textual Shakespeare; D.Lanier.- Further Reading.- Notes on Contributors.- Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert Shaughnessy
• Con la collaborazione di: Robert Shaughnessy (Editore)
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.1998
• EAN: 9780333720172
• ISBN: 978-0-333-72017-2
• Pagine: 206
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 12 mm x 216 mm
• Peso: 288 g
• Serie: New Casebooks
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV; Cultural Studies, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Film Theory & Criticism, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean