Adapting Bestsellers: Fantasy, Franchise and the Afterlife of Storyworlds

ISBN-13: 9781108731089 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 75 str.

Ken Gelder

Opis

This Element looks at adaptations of bestselling works of popular fiction to cinema, television, stage, radio, video games and other media platforms. It focuses on 'transmedia storytelling', building its case studies around the genre of modern fantasy.

Recenzje

'… Ken Gelder presents an illuminating and diverse journey through the franchises of three fantasy bestsellers, prompting an interesting, specific, and plausible argument to emerge.' Marcus Berian Nicholls, Adaptation

Spis treści

1. Introduction: adaptation, franchise and modern fantasy; 2. The afterlife of modern fantasy; 3. Adapting J. R. R. Tolkien; 4. J. K. Rowling and the Potterverse; 5. George R. R. Martin and HBO's Game of Thrones.