Re-Forming Shakespeare

ISBN-13: 9783659268878 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 276 str.

Opis

What kinds of work does Shakespeare do in our millennial era? This volume takes a cultural studies approach to the analysis and evaluation of three millennial film adaptations and three cinematic offshoots of some of Shakespeares most (in)famous plays-The Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, Hamlet, and Richard III-while investigating the significance of these films key intertexts in various media. The three adaptations examined-10 Things I Hate About You (1999), A Thousand Acres (1997), and Michael Almereydas Hamlet (2000)-and the three offshoots-Renaissance Man (1994), A Midwinters Tale (1995), and Al Pacinos Looking for Richard (1996)-appropriate the Bards canonical texts in creative and complex ways, adapting and employing Shakespeares work to communicate particular agendas. In addition to interrogating the ideological objectives of these works, this book explores their contexts within the realms of film studies, Shakespeare performance, contemporary history, critical theory, and popular culture.

O autorze

Melissa Croteau, Professor and Director of Film Studies at California Baptist University, has been presenting on cinema and Shakespeare at international conferences for twenty years. Publications include Apocalyptic Shakespeare: Essays on Visions of Chaos and Revelation in Recent Film Adaptations (2009), numerous book chapters and journal articles.