Twentieth-century Adaptations of Macbeth

Twentieth-century Adaptations of Macbeth
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Publisher : Peter Lang
Total Pages : 396
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ISBN-10 : 3631601743
ISBN-13 : 9783631601747
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Book Synopsis Twentieth-century Adaptations of Macbeth by : Sven Rank

Download or read book Twentieth-century Adaptations of Macbeth written by Sven Rank and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2010 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book traces individuals' adaptive interventions in the cultural sphere. More specifically, it investigates the purposes of dramatic adapting, which is basically regarded as a political activity. Following the intense micropolitical combat of an author with the precursor Shakespeare, adaptation becomes comprehensible as part of the ceaseless motions of macrocultural change. At each adaptation's centre, an individual subject's identity act encounters external discourses, and these transform each other and destabilise ideologies. Moreover, they lay siege to the cultural powerhouse Shakespeare. The book thus explores adapters' revolt against the loop of eternal repetition, which is created by canonic forces. In order to do so, the author uses an innovative combination of standard theories.


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