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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Magdalena CieslakPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.90cm Weight: 0.426kg ISBN: 9781498563765ISBN 10: 1498563767 Pages: 294 Publication Date: 15 March 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsMagdalena Cieslak's Screening Gender offers insightful readings of Shakespeare's romantic comedies and their representation in twenty-first-century film. In a comprehensive survey, she identifies the early modern constructions of gender, marriage, and female sexuality embedded in Shakespeare's texts and illuminates the ways they are replicated and sometimes interrogated in cinematic adaptations. -- Virginia Mason Vaughan, Clark University The field of academic research on Shakespeare and screen adaptations has been rapidly expanding over the past decades, and Cieslak's interdisciplinary study provides a welcome critical addition. . . In a highly topical book, also considering the ongoing #MeToo debate, the author explores the tensions and negotiations between early modern attitudes towards gender and the way twenty-first century adaptations relate to those issues in terms of current gender politics. . . . With all the insightful analysis in her timely book, Cieslak has hopefully also provided an impetus for further research in this highly topical field. * Sederi Yearbook * The field of academic research on Shakespeare and screen adaptations has been rapidly expanding over the past decades, and Cieślak’s interdisciplinary study provides a welcome critical addition. . . In a highly topical book, also considering the ongoing #MeToo debate, the author explores the tensions and negotiations between early modern attitudes towards gender and the way twenty-first century adaptations relate to those issues in terms of current gender politics. . . . With all the insightful analysis in her timely book, Cieślak has hopefully also provided an impetus for further research in this highly topical field. * Sederi Yearbook * Magdalena Cieslak’s Screening Gender offers insightful readings of Shakespeare’s romantic comedies and their representation in twenty-first-century film. In a comprehensive survey, she identifies the early modern constructions of gender, marriage, and female sexuality embedded in Shakespeare’s texts and illuminates the ways they are replicated and sometimes interrogated in cinematic adaptations. -- Virginia Mason Vaughan, Clark University The field of academic research on Shakespeare and screen adaptations has been rapidly expanding over the past decades, and Cieslak's interdisciplinary study provides a welcome critical addition. . . In a highly topical book, also considering the ongoing #MeToo debate, the author explores the tensions and negotiations between early modern attitudes towards gender and the way twenty-first century adaptations relate to those issues in terms of current gender politics. . . . With all the insightful analysis in her timely book, Cieslak has hopefully also provided an impetus for further research in this highly topical field. * Sederi Yearbook * Magdalena Cieslak's Screening Gender offers insightful readings of Shakespeare's romantic comedies and their representation in twenty-first-century film. In a comprehensive survey, she identifies the early modern constructions of gender, marriage, and female sexuality embedded in Shakespeare's texts and illuminates the ways they are replicated and sometimes interrogated in cinematic adaptations. -- Virginia Mason Vaughan, Clark University Author InformationMagdalena Cieślak is assistant professor of English at the University of Łódź. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |