Shakespeare on Silent Film Hardback: An Excellent Dumb Discourse - Hardcover

Buchanan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521871999 ISBN 13: 9780521871990

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Why was Shakespeare such attractive source material for the silent film industry? How were silent Shakespeare films marketed, distributed, exhibited and received? Drawing on a wealth of primary research, this book analyses in detail a selection of both popular and little-known Shakespeare films made in the silent era.

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Review of the hardback: 'This is an important contribution to the study of Shakespeare on film ... it is meticulous, informative and critically sophisticated, written in a clear, persuasive and elegant style. It brings new ideas and perspectives to familiar films, stimulates interest in others and overall makes an outstanding contribution to its field.' Russell Jackson, University of Birmingham

Review of the hardback: 'Buchanan makes a major contribution to both cinema studies and Shakespeare studies, explaining why these silent films are not just Shakespeare manqué but valuable objects in their own right. The book places the films within the legacy of Victorian entertainments from the magic lantern to the stage and uses them to open up the era of silent film-making with insights into institutions, audiences and contemporary values. Buchanan vividly brings to life a forgotten world in which actors pantomimed Shakespeare and audiences responded with enthusiasm.' Roberta Pearson, University of Nottingham

Review of the hardback: 'Judith Buchanan's excellent book reconnects us with a lost world of Shakespearean performance. Through detailed, wide-ranging research and a high degree of imaginative sympathy she makes an unshakeable case for the validity and thematic richness of the silent Shakespeare film. It is instantly the standard work on its subject.' Luke McKernan, Curator of the Moving Image at the British Library

Biografía del autor:

Judith Buchanan is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies in the Department of English and Related Literature, University of York.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521871999
• ISBN 13: 9780521871990
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 340