Screen Adaptations: Romeo and Juliet: A close study of the relationship between text and film

by Courtney Lehmann

Overview

The Screen Adaptations series provides an in-depth look at how classic pieces of literature have been adapted for screen. It assesses the ways in which alternative screen interpretations offer up different readings of the original text as well as the methodologies and approaches of filmmakers.

Each title in the series collects together a vast array of study material, critical insight and thought-provoking comparisons - from literary context to the afterlife of the screen versions.

Shakespeare on Film is a huge area of study and Romeo and Juliet one of his most popular plays with many teachers using film versions as a way of approaching the text. Focussing in the main on West Side Story and Baz Lurhmann's Shakespeare's Romeo&Juliet, this is a unique and comprehensive insight into the adaptation process providing a vital study aid for students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781408130957
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	10/27/2010
Series:	Screen Adaptations
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	585 KB

About the Author

Courtney Lehmann is Associate Professor of English and Film Studies and Director of the Humanities Center at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.
Courtney Lehmann is the Tully Knoles Professor of the Humanities and Professor of English and Film Studies and the Director of the Humanities Scholars Program at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. Notable works include: Shakespeare Remains: Theater to Film, Early Modern to Postmodern (2002); Spectacular Shakespeare: Critical Theory and Popular Cinema (2002); The Reel Shakespeare: Alternative Cinema and Theory (2002); Screen Adaptations: Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (2010); Great Shakespeareans, Volume XVII (2013) and a new edition of King John and Henry VIII (2015).