Shakespeare and the Problem of Adaptation

By Margaret Jane Kidnie

Book Overview

Shakespeare and the Problem of Adaptation addresses fundamental questions about the process of mediation, making use of the fraught category of adaptation to explore how we currently understand the Shakespearean work. Margaret Jane Kidnie argues that 'play' and 'adaptation' are provisional categories - mutually dependent processes that evolve over time in accordance with the needs of users.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415308682
• ISBN13: 9780415308687
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"