Shakespeare Translated: Derivatives on Film and TVShakespeare's works are constantly being translated into new contexts, a fact which demonstrates the vitality of his plots in contemporary settings. Shakespeare Translated looks at the way certain plays - particularly Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear - have been recontextualized into films like O and King of Texas, or television shows such as «The Gilmore Girls», «Cheers», and «Clueless». This book illustrates how Romeo and Juliet is the most shamelessly appropriated of Shakespeare's scripts for contemporary use because its plot fits so neatly into the teenage culture that has burgeoned since the late 1950s. Shakespeare Translated looks at what has happened to Shakespeare, for better or - more often - for worse, as the new millennium begins. |
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... modern analogues , perhaps , in Mohammed Ali or in modern pathology , but our analogies are shallow and merely contemporary . The play drives us into zones that are deeper and more mysterious than the " explanations " we try to provide ...
... modern analogues , perhaps , in Mohammed Ali or in modern pathology , but our analogies are shallow and merely contemporary . The play drives us into zones that are deeper and more mysterious than the " explanations " we try to provide ...
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... modern , " in that he is tolerant of other races and of those less fortunate than himself . The climax comes when he defies the court system that has replaced his less formal , less complicated version of justice . Robert F. Willson ...
... modern , " in that he is tolerant of other races and of those less fortunate than himself . The climax comes when he defies the court system that has replaced his less formal , less complicated version of justice . Robert F. Willson ...
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... modern nation - state , regardless of political system , are required to take advantage of globalization . ) Courtney Lehmann , Shakespeare Remains : Theater to Film : Early Modern to Postmodern ( Ithaca and London : Cornell University ...
... modern nation - state , regardless of political system , are required to take advantage of globalization . ) Courtney Lehmann , Shakespeare Remains : Theater to Film : Early Modern to Postmodern ( Ithaca and London : Cornell University ...
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