Author: EMMA FRENCH
Title: Selling Shakespeare to Hollywood
Description: 2006. Pp: 223. Breaking from traditional critiques of Shakespeare films based on either the aesthetics of the films or on a comparison between the film and source text, this new analysis of recent Shakespeare movies seeks to explain what makes such films commercial successes. Focusing particularly on three sub-genres"the teen Shakespeare film, the hybrid Shakespeare film, and the "faithful" adaptation"the author argues that the commercial success of the most popular films stems from blurring the line between the "traditional Shakespeare" and a more modern interpretation of the texts. ISBN: 9781902806518. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9781902806518
Title: Selling Shakespeare to Hollywood
Description: 2006. Pp: 223. Breaking from traditional critiques of Shakespeare films based on either the aesthetics of the films or on a comparison between the film and source text, this new analysis of recent Shakespeare movies seeks to explain what makes such films commercial successes. Focusing particularly on three sub-genres"the teen Shakespeare film, the hybrid Shakespeare film, and the "faithful" adaptation"the author argues that the commercial success of the most popular films stems from blurring the line between the "traditional Shakespeare" and a more modern interpretation of the texts. ISBN: 9781902806518. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9781902806518
Price: EUR 17.50 = appr. US$ 19.02 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 1460296
- Book number: 1460296