Screen Adaptations: The Tempest: A Close Study of the Relationship Between Text and Film

by Lisa Hopkins

Book Overview

Literature and film studies students will find plenty of material
to support their courses and essay writing on how the film versions
provide different readings of the original text.

Focussing on numerous film versions, from Percy Stow's 1908 adaptation to Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books,
the book discusses: the literary text in its historical context, key
themes and dominant readings of the text, how the text is adapted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0713679107
• ISBN13: 9780713679106
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.6"