There has been a rise in the number of literary adaptations in cinema, from cartoon spin-offs such as the Batman series, to screen versions of Emma and Sense and Sensibility . But what happens to popular texts when they are transformed into an entirely different medium, and what of the novelization of popular films, usually dismissed as part This book considers the theoretical and practical difficulties surrounding the translation of a text into film, and also looks at the reverse process; the novelization of films like Jane Campion's The Piano, and the spin-off literature which collects...
There has been a rise in the number of literary adaptations in cinema, from cartoon spin-offs such as the Batman series, to screen versions of Emma an...
This Companion offers a multi-disciplinary approach to literature on film and television. Writers are drawn from different backgrounds to consider broad topics, such as the issue of adaptation from novels and plays to the screen, canonical and popular literature, fantasy, genre and adaptations for children. There are also case studies, such as Shakespeare, Jane Austen, the nineteenth-century novel and modernism, which allow the reader to place adaptations of the work of writers within a wider context. An interview with Andrew Davies, whose work includes Pride and Prejudice (1995) and Bleak...
This Companion offers a multi-disciplinary approach to literature on film and television. Writers are drawn from different backgrounds to consider bro...
This Companion offers a multi-disciplinary approach to literature on film and television. Writers are drawn from different backgrounds to consider broad topics, such as the issue of adaptation from novels and plays to the screen, canonical and popular literature, fantasy, genre and adaptations for children. There are also case studies, such as Shakespeare, Jane Austen, the nineteenth-century novel and modernism, which allow the reader to place adaptations of the work of writers within a wider context. An interview with Andrew Davies, whose work includes Pride and Prejudice (1995) and Bleak...
This Companion offers a multi-disciplinary approach to literature on film and television. Writers are drawn from different backgrounds to consider bro...
A lively and stimulating look at representations, mutations and adaptations of 'the alien' in literature, film and television. Using notions of the alien and alienation in a broadly defined sense, the contributors cover early science fiction, from the gothic aliens of Dracula and H.G. Wells, to the classic fifties Cold War sci-fi movies, such as War of the Worlds, twentieth-century reworkings of various 'alien' metaphors, such as the Fly movies and the Alien series, and comic variations on the theme such as Mars Attacks. Moving beyond the conventional genre boundaries of the alien, particular...
A lively and stimulating look at representations, mutations and adaptations of 'the alien' in literature, film and television. Using notions of the al...
This is an exploration of Shakespeare films as interpretations of Shakespeare's plays as well as interpreting the place of Shakespeare on screen within the classroom and within the English curriculum. Shakespeare on screen is evaluated both in relation to the play texts and in relation to the realms of popular film culture. The book focuses on how Shakespeare is manipulated in film and television through the representation of violence, gender, sexuality, race and nationalism. Cartmell discusses a wide range of films, including Orson Welles' Othello (1952), Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About...
This is an exploration of Shakespeare films as interpretations of Shakespeare's plays as well as interpreting the place of Shakespeare on screen withi...
There has been a rise in the number of literary adaptations in cinema, from cartoon spin-offs such as the Batman series, to screen versions of Emma and Sense and Sensibility . But what happens to popular texts when they are transformed into an entirely different medium, and what of the novelization of popular films, usually dismissed as part This book considers the theoretical and practical difficulties surrounding the translation of a text into film, and also looks at the reverse process; the novelization of films like Jane Campion's The Piano, and the spin-off literature which collects...
There has been a rise in the number of literary adaptations in cinema, from cartoon spin-offs such as the Batman series, to screen versions of Emma an...
The contributors to this volume negotiate the notion of a 'classic' in film and fiction, exploring the growing interface and the blurring of boundaries between literature and film. Taking the problematic term 'classic' as its focus, the contributors consider both canonical literary and film texts, questioning whether classic status in one domain transfers it to another.Classics in Film and Fiction looks at a wide range of texts and their adaptations. Authors discussed are Shakespeare, Charlotte Bronte, Henry James, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Virginia Woolf, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Arthur Miller,...
The contributors to this volume negotiate the notion of a 'classic' in film and fiction, exploring the growing interface and the blurring of boundarie...
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. Featuring a range of theoretical approaches, and chapters on the historical, ideological and economic aspects of adaptation, the volume reflects today's acceptance of intertextuality as a vital and progressive cultural force.
Incorporates new research in adaptation studies
Features a chapter on the Harry Potter franchise, as well as other contemporary perspectives
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This is a comprehensive collection of original essays that explore the aesthetics, economics, and mechanics of movie adaptation, from the days of sile...
There is no disputing that the coming of sound heralded a new era for adaptations. We take it for granted today that a film is enhanced by sound but it was not a view unanimously held in the early period of sound cinema. While there was a substantial degree of skepticism in the late 1920s and early 30s about the advantages of sound, what we would call technophobia today, the inclusion of speech in screen versions of literary and theatrical works, undeniably revised what it was to be an adaptation: words.
Focusing on promotional materials, Adaptations in the Sound Era tracks...
There is no disputing that the coming of sound heralded a new era for adaptations. We take it for granted today that a film is enhanced by sound bu...
There is no disputing that the coming of sound heralded a new era for adaptations. We take it for granted today that a film is enhanced by sound but it was not a view unanimously held in the early period of sound cinema. While there was a substantial degree of skepticism in the late 1920s and early 30s about the advantages of sound, what we would call technophobia today, the inclusion of speech in screen versions of literary and theatrical works, undeniably revised what it was to be an adaptation: words.
Focusing on promotional materials, Adaptations in the Sound Era tracks...
There is no disputing that the coming of sound heralded a new era for adaptations. We take it for granted today that a film is enhanced by sound bu...
