Magdalena Cieslak

Screening Gender in Shakespeare's Comedies

Film and Television Adaptations in the Twenty-First Century

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Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes how twenty-first century film adaptations of Shakespeare's comedies interpret gender-related concepts of their source texts. Examining the negotiations between early modern and contemporary gender politics, Cie¿lak identifies the main strategies of accommodating early modern gender constructs for today’s audiences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9781498563741
• ISBN-10: 1498563740
• Artikelnr.: 55297935

Autorenporträt

Magdalena Cieslak is assistant professor of English at the University of Lódz.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Doing It "Straight"
Chapter 1-Michael Radford's The Merchant of Venice
Chapter 2-Kenneth Branagh's As You Like It
Chapter 3-Julie Taymor's The Tempest
Chapter 4-Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing
Part II: BBC's ShakespeaRe-Told-Retelling Shakespeare for Political
Correctness
Chapter 5-BBC's ShakespeaRe-Told Much Ado About Nothing, dir. Brian
Percival
Chapter 6-BBC's ShakespeaRe-Told The Taming of the Shrew, dir. David
Richards
Chapter 7- BBC's ShakespeaRe-Told A Midsummer Night's Dream, dir. Ed
Fraiman
Conclusion: Girl Power or Will Power?
Epilogue: Bridget Jones's Baby