Shakespeare, Cinema and Desire [electronic resource] : Adaptation and Other Futures of Shakespeare's Language /
Ryle, S.author.
Shakespeare, Cinema and Desire explores the desires and the futures of Shakespeare's language and cinematographic adaptations of Shakespeare. Tracing ways that film offers us a rich new understanding of Shakespeare, it highlights issues such as media technology, mourning, loss, the voice, narrative territories and flows, sexuality and gender.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: Shakespeare, Cinema and Desire; 1 Something from Nothing: King Lear and Film Space; 2 Body Space: The Sublime Cleopatra; 3 Ghost Time: Unfolding Hamlet; 4 Re-nascences: The Tempest and New Media; Epilogue: Futures of Shakespeare; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Shakespeare, Cinema and Desire explores the desires and the futures of Shakespeare's language and cinematographic adaptations of Shakespeare. Tracing ways that film offers us a rich new understanding of Shakespeare, it highlights issues such as media technology, mourning, loss, the voice, narrative territories and flows, sexuality and gender.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Literature, Modern.
British literature.
Poetry.
Literature—Philosophy.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Poetry and Poetics.
Literary Theory.