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OverviewReading Shakespeare in the Movies: Non-Adaptations and Their Meaning analyzes the unacknowledged, covert presence of Shakespearean themes, structures, characters, and symbolism in selected films. Writers and directors who forge an unconscious, unintentional connection to Shakespeare’s work create non-adaptations, cinema that is unexpectedly similar to certain Shakespeare plays while remaining independent as art. These films can illuminate core semantic issues in those plays in ways that direct adaptations cannot. Eric S. Mallin explores how Shakespeare illuminates these movies, analyzing the ways that The Godfather, Memento, Titanic, Birdman, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre take on new life in dialogue with the famous playwright. In addition to challenging our ideas about adaptation, Mallin works to inspire new awareness of the meanings of Shakespearean stories in the contemporary world. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Eric S. MallinPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: 1st ed. 2019 Weight: 0.478kg ISBN: 9783030288976ISBN 10: 3030288978 Pages: 254 Publication Date: 13 November 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Shakespeare in the Movies: Meaning-Making in the Non-Adaptation.- 2. Out of Joint: Memento as Contemporary Hamlet.- 3. Titanic’s Doomed Lovers as Shakespearean Avatars.- 4. Disturbing Dreams and Transcendence in Birdman and The Tempest.- 5. The Violence of Meat: Titus Andronicus, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and the Fate of the Animal.- 6. Epilogue: Three Billboards and Modulations of Shakespearean Revenge.ReviewsAuthor InformationEric S. Mallin is Associate Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is the author of Godless Shakespeare (2007) and Inscribing the Time: Shakespeare and the End of Elizabethan England (1996). He has received several teaching awards including the President's Associates' and the Texs Exes' honors. He specializes in Shakespeare, cinema, and the nexus of sexuality and religion in the English Renaissance. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |