Screen Adaptations: Shakespeare's King Lear: A close study of the relationship between text and film

by Yvonne Griggs

Overview

This close study of film adaptations of King Lear looks at
several different versions (mainstream, art-house and cinematic
'offshoots') and 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 many references to the literary text and screenplays and
the book also features quotations from directors and critics. There is
plenty of discursive material here to support student work on both film
and literature courses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781408144015
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	10/30/2009
Series:	Screen Adaptations
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	438 KB

About the Author

Dr. Yvonne Griggs is Lecturer in English at De Monfort University.
Yvonne Griggs is Lecturer in Media and Communications at the University of New England, Australia. Her research interests include adaptation studies, screenwriting, Shakespeare on screen and neo-Victorian metafiction. She is the author of the book Screen Adaptations: Shakespeare's King Lear (Methuen Drama, 2009).