'Hamlet' and world cinema

by Burnett, Mark Thornton

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Title Statements

Full title :'Hamlet' and world cinema / Mark Thornton Burnett.

Summary

"'Hamlet' and World Cinema reveals a rich history of cinematic production extending across the globe. Making a case for Hamlet as the world's most frequently filmed text, and using specially commissioned interviews with cast, directors and screenwriters, it discusses films from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. The book argues that the play has been taken up by filmmakers world-wide to allegorise the energies, instabilities, traumas and expectations that have defined the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In so doing, it rejects the Anglophone focus which has dominated criticism up to now and explores instead the multiple constituencies that have claimed Shakespeare's most celebrated work as their own. 'Hamlet' and World Cinema uncovers a vital part of the adaptation story. This book facilitates a fresh understanding of Shakespeare's cinematic significance and newly highlights Hamlet's political and aesthetic instrumentality in a vast range of local and global contexts." -- Book jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2019

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2019

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 291 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781107135505, 1107135508
oclc:on1156750969
LC Classification:PR2807

Subjects

Adaptations cinématographiques Adaptations cinématographiques -- Histo… Criticism, interpretation, etc English drama (Tragedy) English drama (Tragedy) -- Film adaptat… Film adaptations Film adaptations -- History and critici… Hamlet (Shakespeare, William) Shakespeare, William Tragédie anglaise -- Adaptations cinéma…