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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483739803321

Autore

Mallin Eric S

Titolo

Reading Shakespeare in the Movies [[electronic resource] ] : Non-Adaptations and Their Meaning / / by Eric S. Mallin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-28898-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 254 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Reproducing Shakespeare, , 2730-9304

Disciplina

791.436

Soggetti

Literature, Modern

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Drama

Motion pictures

Motion pictures—United States

Shakespeare

Adaptation Studies

American Cinema and TV

Film Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. 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.

Sommario/riassunto

Reading 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.