Adaptation and Appropriation

ISBN-13: 9781138828988 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 240 str.

Julie Sanders;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

Ranging across genres and harnessing concepts from fields as diverse as musicology and the natural sciences, this volume brings clarity to the complex debates around adaptation and appropriation, offering a much-needed resource for those studying literature, film, media or culture.

Spis treści

Series Editor’s preface  Acknowledgements  Introduction: Going On (and on)  Part 1: Defining Terms  1. What is adaptation?  2. What is appropriation?  Part 2: Literary Archetypes  3. ‘Here’s a strange alteration’: Shakespearean appropriations  4. ‘It’s a very old story’: myth and metamorphosis  5. ‘Other versions’ of fairy tale and folklore  Part 3: Alternative Perspectives  6. Constructing alternative points of view  7. ‘We "Other Victorians": or, rethinking the nineteenth century  8. Stretching history; or, appropriating the facts  9. Customized narratives: copying and the work of art in the age of reproducibility  Afterword: Different versions  Glossary  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Julie Sanders is Professor of English and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Humanities and Social Sciences at Newcastle University, UK.