
Screen Adaptations: The Tempest
A close study of the relationship between text and film
Lisa Hopkins(Author)
Methuen Drama (Publisher)
Published on 30. May 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-7136-7910-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
'Lisa Hopkins' Screen Adaptations: Shakespeare's The Tempest is accessible and insightful...this book offers some valuable provocations into the screen afterlife of the Bard's 'late Romance'. Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance (2009)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
220 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7136-7910-6 (9780713679106)
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Person
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.