{"product_id":"kozintsevs-shakespeare-films-tiffany-ann-conroy-moore-9780786471355","title":"Kozintsev's Shakespeare Films: Russian Political Protest in Hamlet and King Lear","description":"\u003cp\u003e This book is a study of Grigory Kozintsev's two cinematic Shakespeare adaptations, \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eGamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, 1964), and \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e (Korol Lir, 1970). The films are considered in relation to the historical, artistic and cultural contexts in which they appear, and in relation to the contributions of Dmitri Shostakovich, who wrote the films' scores; and Boris Pasternak, whose translations Kozintsev used. The films are analyzed respective to their place in the translation and performance history of \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e from their first appearances in Tsarist Russian arts and letters. In particular, this study is concerned with the ways in which these plays have been used as a means to critique the government and the country's problems in an age in which official censorship was commonplace. Kozintsev's films (as well as his theatrical productions of \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLear\u003c\/i\u003e) continue along this trajectory of protest by providing a vehicle for him and his collaborators to address the oppression, violence and corruption of Soviet society. It was just this sort of covert political protest that finally effected the dissolution and fall of the USSR.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tiffany Ann Conroy Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786471352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786471355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Tiffany Ann Conroy Moore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48216506499327,"sku":"9780786471355","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d01faa7f-860f-4b10-afe2-9ead99f4ffab.jpg?v=1771991458","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kozintsevs-shakespeare-films-tiffany-ann-conroy-moore-9780786471355","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}