{"product_id":"studying-shakespeare-on-film-9781800348547","title":"Studying Shakespeare on Film","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAimed at newcomers to literature and film, this book is a guide for the analysis of Shakespeare on film. Starting with an introduction to the main challenge faced by any director—the early-modern language—there follows exemplars for examining how that challenge is met using as case studies twelve films most often used in classroom teaching, including \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet, Macbeth\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first chapter explores how a director can tell the story in a setting that embraces the expectations of realism in cinema, but still pays homage to the theatrical origins of the work. The second chapter discusses films in which the setting provides a visual analogy with the preoccupations of the story, but not at the expense of Shakespeare's language. The third chapter extends this to show how some films use recent history as a setting, adding a further layer of meaning to the story from the cultural resonances associated with that historical past. These films also rely on an assumption that Shakespeare is so well-known as to form a distinctive, easily recognized brand in the cinema marketplace. Thus, his work can be reimagined in completely different genres such as those films that are the subject of the final chapter.","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863912743255,"sku":"9781800348547","price":95.21,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800348547.jpg?v=1759921314","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/studying-shakespeare-on-film-9781800348547","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}