Almost Shakespeare: Reinventing His Works for Cinema and Television
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Book Description
In the past two decades, Othello has tried out for the basketball team, Macbeth has taken over a fast food joint, and King Lear has moved to an Iowa farm-Shakespeare is everywhere in popular culture. This collection of essays addresses the use of Shakespearean narratives, themes, imagery, and characterizations in non-Shakespearian cinema. The essays explore how Shakespeare and his work are manipulated within the popular media and explore topics such as racism, jealousy, misogyny and nationality.
The submissions concentrate on film and television programs that are adaptations of Shakespearean plays, including My Own Private Idaho, CSI-Miami, A Thousand Acres, Prospero's Books, O, 10 Things I Hate About You, Withnail and I, Get Over It, and The West Wing. Each chapter includes notes and a list of works cited. A full bibliography completes the work; it is divided into bibliographies and filmographies, general studies and essays, derivatives based on a single play, derivatives based on several, and derivatives based on Shakespeare as a character.
About the Author
James R. Keller is Professor of English and Director of the Honors College at Mississippi University for Women. He is also the author of Queer (Un)Friendly Film and Television (2002) and Anne Rice and Sexual Politics (2000).
Leslie Stratyner is a Professor of English at Mississippi University for Women. Both live in Columbus, Mississippi.
Almost Shakespeare: Reinventing His Works for Cinema and Television,James R. Keller,Leslie Stratyner,McFarland & Company,0786419091,1564-1616,English drama,Film & Video - General,Film adaptations,Film and video adaptations,History and criticism,Performing Arts,Performing Arts/Dance,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Shakespeare, William,,Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616,Television - Direction & Production,Theater - Direction & Production,Video Performance And Production
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