Chaucer on Screen: Absence, Presence, and Adapting the Canterbury Tales

by Tison Pugh and Kathleen Coyne Kelly

Book Overview

Unlike William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and other great authors who have enjoyed continued success in Hollywood, Geoffrey Chaucer has largely been shunted to the margins of the cinematic world. Chaucer on Screen: Absence, Presence, and Adapting the Canterbury Tales, edited by Kathleen Coyne Kelly and Tison Pugh, investigates the various translations of Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales to film and television, tracing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814253725
• ISBN13: 9780814253724
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"