Cowboy Hamlets and Zombie Romeos : Shakespeare in Genre Film / Kinga Földváry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Földváry, Kinga, author.

Series:

Manchester University Press Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Shakespeare, William.

Popular culture and literature.

Zombies in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : digital file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, England : Manchester University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

The book presents a systematic method of interpreting Shakespeare film adaptations based on their cinematic genres. Its approach is both scholarly and reader-friendly, and its subject is fundamentally interdisciplinary, combining the findings of Shakespeare scholarship with film and media studies, particularly genre theory. The book is organised into six large chapters, discussing films that form broad generic groups. Part I looks at three genres from the classical Hollywood era (western, melodrama and gangster-noir), while Part II deals with three contemporary blockbuster genres (teen film, undead horror and biopic). Beside a few better-known examples of mainstream cinema, the volume also highlights the Shakespearean elements in several nearly forgotten films, bringing them back to critical attention.

Contents:

Front matter

Dedication

Contents

List of figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Will in the Wild West

2 Shakespeare the tear-jerker

3 Dark-minded Othellos, mobster Macbeths

4 Back to school, Will

5 Shakespeare the undead

6 Will, Bill and the Earl

Conclusion

Bibliography

Filmography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher's data.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781526142108

1526142104

OCLC:

1154303316