TY - BOOK AU - Maerz,Jessica M. TI - Metanarrative functions of film genre in Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare films: strange bedfellows SN - 9781443893381 AV - PR3093 .M28 2017eb U1 - 791.43/75 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Newcastle upon Tyne PB - Cambridge Scholars Publishing KW - Branagh, Kenneth KW - Shakespeare, William, KW - Branagh, Kenneth. KW - Film, TV & radio KW - bicssc KW - Literature & literary studies KW - PERFORMING ARTS KW - Reference KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - fast KW - Film adaptations N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-142) and index; Introduction : Generic Shakespeare -- Chapter one : Henry V's body generic : picturing the king -- Chapter two : Much ado about genre : Branagh's screwball Shakespeare -- Chapter three : Swing time : Love's labour's lost and Branagh's Broadway melodies -- Conclusion : Don't call it a comeback : Branagh's As you like it N2 - Kenneth Branagh is the most important contemporary figure in the production of filmed Shakespeare. His five feature-length Shakespeare films both created and represented the explosion of filmed Shakespeare adaptations that began in the 1990s. This book demonstrates Branagh's appeal to classical film genres in order to meta-narrate for a popular audience the unfamiliar terrain of the Shakespearean original; it examines the debts Branagh owes, stylistically and structurally, to classically-defined generic modes UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1517775 ER -