ORPP logo
Image from Google Jackets

Macbeth.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Devil's Advocates SeriesPublisher: Liverpool : Auteur Publishing, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (99 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781911325147
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: MacbethDDC classification:
  • 791.4372
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction - Shakespeare's Macbeth -- 1. Polanski and Horror: Rosemary's Baby -- 2. Violence in Macbeth - 'Steeped in blood...' -- 3. The presentation of the supernatural - 'strange things I have in Head' -- 4. Polanski's Macbeth as social commentary - 'None can call our power to account' -- 5. Macbeth and Horror cinema -- Conclusion -- Works Cited.
Summary: This book demonstrates how Roman Polanski's Macbeth (1971) can be read as part of the British Folk tradition, strengthening the reading of the film as a horror movie in its own right through its links to The Wicker Man (1973), Blood on Satan's Claw (1971), and Witchfinder General (1968).
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction - Shakespeare's Macbeth -- 1. Polanski and Horror: Rosemary's Baby -- 2. Violence in Macbeth - 'Steeped in blood...' -- 3. The presentation of the supernatural - 'strange things I have in Head' -- 4. Polanski's Macbeth as social commentary - 'None can call our power to account' -- 5. Macbeth and Horror cinema -- Conclusion -- Works Cited.

This book demonstrates how Roman Polanski's Macbeth (1971) can be read as part of the British Folk tradition, strengthening the reading of the film as a horror movie in its own right through its links to The Wicker Man (1973), Blood on Satan's Claw (1971), and Witchfinder General (1968).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

© 2024 Resource Centre. All rights reserved.