{"product_id":"contemporizing-the-classics-gregory-g-sarno-9780595339785","title":"Contemporizing the Classics: Poe, Shakespeare, Doyle","description":"\u003ci\u003eContemporizing the Classics: Poe, Shakespeare, Doyle\u003c\/i\u003e is a how-to on the art and craft of transforming a classic into a feature-film screenplay with a modern storyline. \u003cp\u003eThe introduction probes an issue that weaves throughout: role of artistic license in balancing fidelity to the original versus dramatic needs of the script.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporization of a classic being the most flagrant form of dramatic license, the introduction presents three guidelines for a considered exercise thereof.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach part debuts a feature-film script that resets a classic work(s) in the present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One offers a contemporary visualization of Macbeth, in the process turning an Elizabethan tragedy into a dramatic comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two applies the guidelines to several renowned works by Edgar Allan Poe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArthur Conan Doyle's \u003ci\u003eThe Hound of the Baskervilles\u003c\/i\u003e having frequently screened as a period piece, Part Three gives the hound a twenty-first century twist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory G. Sarno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595339786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595339785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.93d","brand":"Gregory G. Sarno","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441102860543,"sku":"9780595339785","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_feb1b71c-acff-44a2-82c3-b3d0de6a2703.jpg?v=1777188708","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contemporizing-the-classics-gregory-g-sarno-9780595339785","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}