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Orson Welles, Shakespeare, and Popular Culture
Michael Anderegg
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Description for Orson Welles, Shakespeare, and Popular Culture
Paperback. Anderegg considers Welles's influence as an interpreter of Shakespeare for twentieth-century American popular audiences, drawing on his knowledge of the abundant, lowbrow popularity of Shakespeare in nineteenth-century America. Welles's three film adaptations of Shakespeare, Macbeth, Othello, and Chimes at Midnight, are examined. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APB; APFA; DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
From the earliest days of radio to the golden age of television and beyond, Orson Welles has occupied a unique place in American culture. In Orson Welles, Shakespeare, and Popular Culture, Michael Anderegg considers Welles's influence as an interpreter of Shakespeare for twentieth-century American popular audiences. Exploring his works on stage, radio, and in film, Anderegg reveals Welles's unique position as an artist of both high and popular culture. At once intellectually respected and commercially viable, the Shakespeare Welles gave the American public reflects his unique genius as a writer, director, and actor. From early plays in school to the ... Read more
From the earliest days of radio to the golden age of television and beyond, Orson Welles has occupied a unique place in American culture. In Orson Welles, Shakespeare, and Popular Culture, Michael Anderegg considers Welles's influence as an interpreter of Shakespeare for twentieth-century American popular audiences. Exploring his works on stage, radio, and in film, Anderegg reveals Welles's unique position as an artist of both high and popular culture. At once intellectually respected and commercially viable, the Shakespeare Welles gave the American public reflects his unique genius as a writer, director, and actor. From early plays in school to the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Film and Culture Series
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231112291
SKU
V9780231112291
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About Michael Anderegg
Michael Anderegg is professor of English at the University of North Dakota. He is the editor of Inventing Vietnam: The War in Film and Television, and author of David Lean and William Wyler.
Reviews for Orson Welles, Shakespeare, and Popular Culture
Andregg provides an eloquent illustration of how, when Welles scholarship is at its best, it avoids the biographical and panoramic in favor of a particular theme or angle of investigation and, in the course of pursuing that angle, brings a fresh understanding to the Wellesian tapestry as a whole.
Catherine Benamou Michigan Quarterly Review A valuable and much-needed contribution ... Read more
Catherine Benamou Michigan Quarterly Review A valuable and much-needed contribution ... Read more