Apocalyptic Shakespeare: Essays on Visions of Chaos and Revelation in Recent Film Adaptations

by Carolyn Jess-Cooke and Melissa Croteau

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 Titus, William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, Almereyda's Hamlet, Revengers Tragedy, Twelfth Night, The Passion of the Christ, Radford's The Merchant of Venice, The Lion King, and Godard's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786433922
• ISBN13: 9780786433926
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher