Screen LibraryFilming and performing renaissance history
Over the last century, many 16th- and 17th-century events and personalities have been brought before home, cinema, exhibition, festival and theatrical audiences. This collection examines these representations, looking at recent television series, documentaries, pageantry, theatre and popular culture...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Over the last century, many 16th- and 17th-century events and personalities have been brought before home, cinema, exhibition, festival and theatrical audiences. This collection examines these representations, looking at recent television series, documentaries, pageantry, theatre and popular culture in various cultural and linguistic guises. 'This is an exciting, ground-breaking collection from a sterling cast of contributors, which launches our re-imaginings of the English and European Renaissance in film, media and popular culture into the twenty-first century.' - Robert Shaughnessy, University of Kent, UK 'In this interdisciplinary, cutting-edge volume, Burnett and Streete have selected eleven...striking essays which -- in their coverage of topics as diverse as Spanish Shakespeare cinema, hit television shows like The Tudors, and Renaissance role-playing games -- emphasize that the living, breathing period we call the Renaiss |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230273436, 2011. |
| Carrier Form: | 232 p. : 8 b&w, halftones, 8. |
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9780230273436 9780230299429 : 0230299423 : |
| CLC: | J905.712 |
| Contents: | List of Figures Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Preface-- M.Burnett Documenting the Renaissance-- M.Burnett & A.Streete The Network King: Recreating Henry VIII for a Global Television Audience-- R.Wray Breaking Shakespeare's Image in Late Spanish Drama and Film-- J.Tronch Perez The Touch of Man on Woman: Dramatizing Identity in The Return of Martin Guerre-- J.O'Brien 'Welcome to Babylon': Performing and Screening the English Revolution-- J.de Groot The Cinematic Treatment of Early Modern Witch Trials-- J.Sharpe The Golem, or the Communist 'What You Will'-- M.Prochazka Horrible Sha |