Cowboy Hamlets and Zombie Romeos
Shakespeare in Genre Film
Seiten
2020
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-4209-2 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-4209-2 (ISBN)
The book focuses on the interpretation of Shakespeare film adaptations in commercial film genres, from the classical Hollywood era to contemporary blockbuster cinema. Its genre-based analyses revisit old favourites and rediscover long-forgotten treasures of film history, taking adaptation studies in a new direction. -- .
The book presents a systematic method of interpreting Shakespeare film adaptations based on their cinematic genres. Its approach is both scholarly and reader-friendly, and its subject is fundamentally interdisciplinary, combining the findings of Shakespeare scholarship with film and media studies, particularly genre theory. The book is organised into six large chapters, discussing films that form broad generic groups. Part I looks at three genres from the classical Hollywood era (western, melodrama and gangster-noir), while Part II deals with three contemporary blockbuster genres (teen film, undead horror and biopic). Beside a few better-known examples of mainstream cinema, the volume also highlights the Shakespearean elements in several nearly forgotten films, bringing them back to critical attention. -- .
The book presents a systematic method of interpreting Shakespeare film adaptations based on their cinematic genres. Its approach is both scholarly and reader-friendly, and its subject is fundamentally interdisciplinary, combining the findings of Shakespeare scholarship with film and media studies, particularly genre theory. The book is organised into six large chapters, discussing films that form broad generic groups. Part I looks at three genres from the classical Hollywood era (western, melodrama and gangster-noir), while Part II deals with three contemporary blockbuster genres (teen film, undead horror and biopic). Beside a few better-known examples of mainstream cinema, the volume also highlights the Shakespearean elements in several nearly forgotten films, bringing them back to critical attention. -- .
Kinga Földváry is Associate Professor at Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest, Hungary -- .
Introduction: Shakespeare meets genre film
Part I: Classical Hollywood cinema
1 Will in the Wild West: western adaptations of Shakespeare
2 Shakespeare the tear-jerker: from woman’s film to global melodrama
3 Dark-minded Othellos, mobster Macbeths: film noir, gangster, gangster noir
Part II: Contemporary blockbusters
4 Back to school, Will: Shakespeare the teen idol
5 Shakespeare the undead: a renaissance of vampires and zombies
6 Will, Bill and the Earl: versions of the author in contemporary biopics
Conclusion
Index -- .
Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
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Reihe/Serie | Manchester University Press |
Zusatzinfo | 31 black & white illustrations |
Verlagsort | Manchester |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-5261-4209-0 / 1526142090 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-4209-2 / 9781526142092 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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