Screening Gender in Shakespeare's Comedies: Film and Television Adaptations in the Twenty-First Century

Screening Gender in Shakespeare's Comedies: Film and Television Adaptations in the Twenty-First Century
ISBN-10
1498563759
ISBN-13
9781498563758
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
294
Language
English
Published
2019-04-19
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Author
Magdalena Cieślak

Description

This book analyzes how twenty-first century film and television adaptations of Shakespeare's comedies interpret gender-related concepts of their source texts. Examining the negotiations between early modern and contemporary gender politics, Cieślak identifies the main strategies of accommodating early modern gender constructs for today’s audiences.

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