{"product_id":"apocalyptic-shakespeare-essays-on-visions-of-chaos-and-revelation-in-recent-film-adaptations-9780786433926","title":"Apocalyptic Shakespeare: Essays on Visions of Chaos and Revelation in Recent Film Adaptations","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Melissa Croteau | Carolyn Jess-Cooke\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This collection of essays examines the ways in which recent Shakespeare films portray anxieties about an impending global wasteland, technological alienation, spiritual destruction, and the effects of globalization. Films covered include \u003ci\u003eTitus, William Shakespeare's Romeo \u0026amp; Juliet, \u003c\/i\u003e Almereyda's \u003ci\u003eHamlet, Revengers Tragedy, Twelfth Night, The Passion of the Christ, \u003c\/i\u003e Radford's \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice, The Lion King, \u003c\/i\u003e and Godard's \u003ci\u003eKing Lear, \u003c\/i\u003e among others that directly adapt or reference Shakespeare. Essays chart the apocalyptic mise-en-scenes, disorienting imagery, and topsy-turvy plots of these films, using apocalypse as a theoretical and thematic lens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47585055965335,"sku":"9780786433926","price":2832.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786433926.webp?v=1774958907","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/apocalyptic-shakespeare-essays-on-visions-of-chaos-and-revelation-in-recent-film-adaptations-9780786433926","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}