Shakespeare's The "Tempest": A Close Study of the Relationship Between Text and Film (Screen Adaptations) - Softcover

Hopkins, Lisa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0713679107 ISBN 13: 9780713679106

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 2008

Synopsis

Literature and film studies students will find plenty of material
to support their courses and essay writing on how the film versions
provide different readings of the original text.

Focussing on numerous film versions, from Percy Stow's 1908 adaptation to Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books,
the book discusses: the literary text in its historical context, key
themes and dominant readings of the text, how the text is adapted for
screen and how adaptations have changed our reading of the original
text. There are numerous excerpts from the literary text, screenplays
and shooting scripts, with suggestions for comparison. The book also
features quotations from authors, screenwriters, directors, critics and
others linked with the chosen film and text.

About this title

About the Author

Lisa Hopkins is Professor of English at University of Sheffield Hallam. She has published numerous works on Shakespeare, her most recent work, Beginning Shakespeare by Manchester University Press 2005 and has written on film adaptations including Screening the Gothic. She is the Senior Editor of the online journal, Early Modern Literary Studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0713679107
• ISBN 13: 9780713679106
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210