The Reel Shakespeare: Alternative Cinema and Theory.(Book Review)

Publication: The Modern Language Review

Publication Date: 01-JUL-04

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The Reel Shakespeare: Alternative Cinema and Theory. Ed. byLISA S. STARKS and COURTNEY LEHMANN. Cranbury, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; London: Associated University Presses. 2002. 298 pp. 39 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-83386-3939-9.

I approached this volume of essays with a certain amount of apprehension, wondering if another book about Shakespeare on film was really necessary. This has become an increasingly popular area of academic study of late, which is, perhaps, not surprising as it offers a wide range of opportunities for textual analysis, and a relatively economical means of demonstrating the various ways in which the...

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