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Author:   Poonam Trivedi (University of Delhi, India) ,  Paromita Chakravarti (Jadavpur University, India)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.607kg
ISBN:  

9781138946927

ISBN 10:   1138946923
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   06 August 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"Introduction Poonam Trivedi and Paromita Chakravarti Part I. Indigenising the Tragic 1. Woman as Avenger: ‘Indianising’ the Shakespearean Tragic in the Films of Vishal Bhardwaj Poonam Trivedi 2. Eklavya: Shakespeare Meets the Mahabharata Robert S White 3. Reworking Shakespeare in Telugu Cinema: King Lear to Gunasundari Katha Nishi Pulugartha 4. Shakespeare in Malayalam Cinema: Cultural and Mythic Interface, Narrative Negotiations C.S. Venkiteswaran 5. ‘Where art thou Muse that thou forget’st so long,/To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?’: Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) – A Neglected Shakespeare Film Koel Chatterjee Part II. Critical Innovations: Historiography of Silence and Poetics of Rasa 6. The Indian ‘Silent’ Shakespeare: Recouping an Archive Amrit Gangar 7. Shakespeare, Cinema and Indian Poetics Anil Zankar Part III. Between the Global and the Local 8. Such a Long Journey: Rohinton Mistry’s Parsi King Lear from Fiction to Film Preti Taneja 9. Cinematic Lears and Bengaliness: Locus, Identity, Language Paromita Chakravarti 10. Shakespeare and Indian Independent Cinema: 8 × 10 Tasveer and 10ml Love Varsha Panjwani 11. ""Singing is Such Sweet Sorrow"": Ambikapathi, Hollywood Shakespeare and Tamil Cinema’s Hybrid Heritage Thea Buckley Part IV. Reimagining Gender, Region and Nation 12. Gendered Play and Regional Dialogue in Nanjundi Kalyana Mark Thornton Burnett 13. Not the Play but the Playing: Citation of Performing Shakespeare as a Trope in Tamil Cinema A. Mangai 14. Indianising The Comedy of Errors: Bhranti Bilash and Its Aftermaths Amrita Sen 15. Regional Reflections: Shakespeare in Assamese Cinema Parthajit Baruah Part V. Interviews Part VI. Filmography"

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Poonam Trivedi was Associate Professor in English at Indraprastha College, University of Delhi, India and is currently the vice-chair of the Asian Shakespeare Association. Paromita Chakravarti is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India.

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