Screen Adaptations: Shakespeare's King Lear

ISBN-13: 9781408105924 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 224 str.

Yvonne Griggs

Opis

This close study of film adaptations of King Lear looks atseveral different versions (mainstream, art-house and cinematic'offshoots') and discusses: the literary text in its historicalcontext, key themes and dominant readings of the text, how the text isadapted for screen and how adaptations have changed our reading of theoriginal text. There are many references to the literary text and screenplays andthe book also features quotations from directors and critics. There isplenty of discursive material here to support student work on both filmand literature courses.

Recenzje

[The Screen Adaptations series] offers some meaty ideas to film studies students. Susan Elkin The Stage 20080905

O autorze

Yvonne Griggs is Lecturer in Media and Communications at the University of New England, Australia. Her research interests include adaptation studies, screenwriting, Shakespeare on screen and neo-Victorian metafiction. She is the author of the book Screen Adaptations: Shakespeare's King Lear (Methuen Drama, 2009).