{"product_id":"almost-shakespeare-reinventing-his-works-for-cinema-and-television-9780786419098","title":"Almost Shakespeare: Reinventing His Works for Cinema and Television","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James R. Keller | Leslie Stratyner\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the past two decades, Othello has tried out for the basketball team, Macbeth has taken over a fast food joint and King Lear has moved to an Iowa farm--Shakespeare is everywhere in popular culture. This collection of essays addresses the use of Shakespearean narratives, themes, imagery and characterizations in non-Shakespearian cinema. The essays explore how Shakespeare and his work are manipulated within the popular media and explore topics such as racism, jealousy, misogyny and nationality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The submissions concentrate on film and television programs that are adaptations of Shakespearean plays, including \u003ci\u003eMy Own Private Idaho, CSI-Miami, A Thousand Acres, Prospero's Books, O, 10 Things I Hate About You, Withnail and I, Get Over It, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe West Wing.\u003c\/i\u003e Each chapter includes notes and a list of works cited. A full bibliography completes the work; it is divided into bibliographies and filmographies, general studies and essays, derivatives based on a single play, derivatives based on several, and derivatives based on Shakespeare as a character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46896047718551,"sku":"9780786419098","price":2823.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786419098.webp?v=1770356643","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/almost-shakespeare-reinventing-his-works-for-cinema-and-television-9780786419098","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}