| Collation |
xiii, 433 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 81 |
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Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 81.
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| Note |
Originally published in 2012. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
100+ years of adaptations, or, Adaptation as the art form of democracy / Deborah Cartmell -- pt. 1 History and contexts: from image to sound. Literary adaptation in the silent era / Judith Buchanan ; Writing on the silent screen / Gregory Robinson ; Adaptation and modernism / Richard J. Hand ; Sound adaptation: Sam Taylor's The taming of the shrew / Deborah Cartmell -- pt. 2 Approaches. Adaptation and intertextuality, or, What isn't an adaptation, and what does it matter? / Thomas Leitch ; Film authorship and adaptation / Shelley Cobb ; The business of adaptation: reading the market / Simone Murray -- pt. 3. Genre: film, television. Adapting the X-Men: comic-book narratives in film franchises / Martin Zeller-Jacques ; The classic novel on British television / Richard Butt -- pt. 4. Authors and periods. Screened writers / Kamilla Elliott ; Murdering Othello / Douglas M. Lanier ; Hamlet's hauntographology: film philology, facsimiles, and textual faux-rensics / Richard Burt ; Shakespeare to Austen on screen / Lisa Hopkins ; Austen and Sterne: beyond heritage / Ariane Hudelet ; Neo-Victorian adaptations / Imelda Whelehan -- pt. 5. Beyond authors and canonical texts. Costume and adaptation / Pamela Church Gibson and Tamar Jeffers McDonald ; Music into movies: the film of the song / Ian Inglis ; Rambo on page and screen / Jeremy Strong -- pt. 6 Case studies: adaptable and unadaptable texts. Writing for the movies: writing and screening Atonement (2007) / Yvonne Griggs ; Foregrounding the media: Atonement (2007) as an adaptation / Christine Geraghty ; Paratextual adaptation: Heart of darkness as Hearts of darkness via Apocalypse now / Jamie Sherry ; Authorship, commerce, and Harry Potter / James Russell ; Adapting the unadaptable; the screenwriter's perspective / Diane Lake. |
| Summary |
This is a comprehensive collection of original essays that explore the aesthetics, economics, and mechanics of movie adaptation, from the days of silent cinema to contemporary franchise phenomena. |
| Subject |
Film adaptations -- History and criticism.
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Television adaptations -- History and criticism.
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English literature -- Adaptations.
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American literature -- Adaptations.
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Motion pictures and literature.
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Television and literature.
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American literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00807113 |
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English literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00911989 |
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Film adaptations. fast (OCoLC)fst00924250 |
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Motion pictures and literature. fast (OCoLC)fst01027410 |
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Television adaptations. fast (OCoLC)fst01146645 |
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Television and literature. fast (OCoLC)fst01146687 |
| Alt Author |
Cartmell, Deborah, editor.
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| Portion Of Title |
Literature, film and adaptation |
| ISBN |
1118917537 |
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9781118917534 |
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