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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Tim Scott , Dom Saliani , Chris FergusonPublisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Nelson Thornes Ltd Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 20.30cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 25.10cm Weight: 0.397kg ISBN: 9780176066178ISBN 10: 0176066179 Pages: 1 Publication Date: 27 February 1998 Audience: Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , Educational: Primary & Secondary Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsOf late many classic titles - including the Bible - have been turned into manga, in a 21st-century version of the venerable Classics Illustrated comics. This take on the Bard boils his play down to approximately 20 words per page, drastically abridging the text, though keeping intact the original language and meter. A fully colored dramatis personae reduces the characters to sound bites and shines in comparison to the flat, gray-toned images that murkily tell the story itself. As drawn by Brown, the characters are decidedly more Western-looking in their styling than is typical to most manga, and the adaptor's choice of setting is an anachronistic mishmash of quasi-antique and modern, a choice that will leave sophisticated readers knowledgeable with the text slightly puzzled. The Tempest (ISBN: 978-0-8109-9476-8), drawn by Paul Duffield, follows an identical template. These attempts to convert Shakespeare into visual language fall flat, although the slick manga styling alone may attract some new readers to these works. (plot summary, author's biography) (Graphic fiction. 13 & up) (Kirkus Reviews) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |