Apocalyptic Shakespeare

Essays on Visions of Chaos and Revelation in Recent Film Adaptations

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Sous la direction de Melissa Croteau et Carolyn Jess-Cooke

Type: Studies
Sujet: Genre > Disaster films
Mots Clés: disaster films, Shakespeare
Année d'édition: 2009
Editeur: McFarland & Co
Langue: anglais

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Paperback • 244 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-3392-6

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Description de l'ouvrage:
This collection of essays examines the ways in which recent Shakespeare films portray anxieties about an impending global wasteland, technological alienation, spiritual destruction, and the effects of globalization. Films covered include Titus, William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, Almereyda’s Hamlet, Revengers Tragedy, Twelfth Night, The Passion of the Christ, Radford’s The Merchant of Venice, The Lion King, and Godard’s King Lear, among others that directly adapt or reference Shakespeare. Essays chart the apocalyptic mise-en-scènes, disorienting imagery, and topsy-turvy plots of these films, using apocalypse as a theoretical and thematic lens.

À propos des auteurs :
Melissa Croteau is an associate professor of literature and film studies at California Baptist University.
Carolyn Jess-Cooke is a senior lecturer in creative writing at the University of Northumbria. She lives in Tyne and Wear, England.

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