Spectacular Shakespeare

Spectacular Shakespeare

Critical Theory and Popular Cinema

by Courtney Lehmann, Lisa S. Starks

243 pages· 2002· ISBN 9780838639108
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Spectacular Shakespeare includes an introduction, nine essays, and an afterword that all address the spectacle of Shakespeare in recent Hollywood films. The essays approach the Shakespeare-as-star phenomenon from various perspectives, some applauding the popularization of the Bard, others critically questioning the appropriation of Shakespeare in contemporary mass culture.

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