Burnett, Mark Thornton, Prof

Filming and Performing Renaissance History Burnett, Mark Thornton, Prof

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographical Note: MARK THORNTON BURNETT isProfessor of Renaissance Studies at Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is the author of "Masters and Servants in English Renaissance Drama and Culture: Authority and Obedience," as well as"Constructing 'Monsters' in Shakespearean Drama and Early Modern Culture" and "Filming Shakespeare in the Global Marketplace." ADRIAN STREETE is Lecturer in Renaissance Literature at Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is the author of "Protestantism and Drama in Early Modern England, " and the co-editor of "ReFiguring Mimesis: Representation in Early Modern Literature" and "The Edinburgh Companion to Shakespeare and the Arts." "Review Quotes: "This is an exciting, ground-breaking collection from a sterling cast of contributors, which launches our re-imaginings of the English and European Renaissance in film, media and popular culture into the twenty-first century."-- Robert Shaughnessy, University of Kent, UK "In this interdisciplinary, cutting-edge volume, Burnett and Streete have selected eleven...striking essays which in their coverage of topics as diverse as Spanish Shakespeare cinema, hit television shows like "The Tudors," and Renaissance role-playing games emphasize that the living, breathing period we call the Renaissance is anything but history."-- Greg Colon Semenza, University of Connecticut, USA "This unique collection of essays looks at the European Renaissance as it is represented in genres like reality shows, television documentaries and series, movies, stage productions, and pageants ... Marvellously focused and rich in scope."-- Ton Hoenselaars, Utrecht University, the Netherlands "Table of Contents: List of Figures AcknowledgementsNotes on the ContributorsPreface; "M. Burnett"Documenting the Renaissance; "M. Burnett"&" A. Streete"The Network King: Recreating Henry VIII for a Global Television Audience; "R. Wray"Breaking Shakespeare's Image in Late Spanish Drama and Film; "J. Tronch Perez"The Touch of Man on Woman: Dramatizing Identity in The Return of Martin Guerre; "J. O'Brien"'Welcome to Babylon': Performing and Screening the English Revolution; "J.de Groot"The Cinematic Treatment of Early Modern Witch Trials; "J. Sharpe"The Golem, or the Communist 'What You Will'; "M. Prochazka"Horrible Shakespearean Histories: Performing the Renaissance with and for Children; "K. Chedgzoy"Mark Rylance, Henry V and 'Original Practices' at Shakespeare's Globe: History Refashioned; "C. Carson"'There is so much to see in Rome': The Cinematic Materialities of Martin Luther's Reformation; "C. Smyth"The Pageant of History: Staging the Local Past; "M. Dobson"Private Lives and Public Conflicts: The English Renaissance on Film, 1998-2010; "A. Higson"Epilogue: Documentary Reflections; "M. Burnett"&" A. Streete"Index "

Contributor Bio:  Burnett, Mark Thornton, Prof Courtney Lehmann is Assistant Professor of English and Film Studies at the University of the Pacific, USA. Contributor Bio:  Streete, Adrian Adrian Streete is Lecturer in English at The Queen's University of Belfast.