Shakespeare on screen: The Henriad

Shakespeare on screen: The Henriad
ISBN-10
2877758419
ISBN-13
9782877758413
Series
Shakespeare on screen
Category
Art
Pages
360
Language
English
Published
2015
Publisher
Presses universitaires de Rouen et du Havre
Authors
Sarah HATCHUEL, Nathalie VIENNE-GUERRIN

Description

Filming plays from a tetralogy of history plays implies specific problems and strategies. The papers in this volume show that the plays are parts of a series, and can hardly be staged or filmed without referring to one another. What does the big screen bring to the representation of history, battles and national issues? When do ideological interpretations stop being triggered by the text itself? By deciphering the different ways in which meaning is created and ideology is conveyed, whether it be through specific aesthetics, performances, intertextuality or cultural codes, the papers in this volume all take part in the on-going exploration of what Shakespeare's contrasting afterlives keep saying, not only about the dramatic texts but also about ourselves.

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