Most books on film adaptation--the relation between films and their literary sources--focus on a series of close one-to-one comparisons between specific films and canonical novels. This volume identifies and investigates a far wider array of problems posed by the process of adaptation.
Beginning with an examination of why adaptation study has so often supported the institution of literature rather than fostering the practice of literacy, Thomas Leitch considers how the creators of short silent films attempted to give them the weight of literature, what sorts of fidelity are possible...
Most books on film adaptation--the relation between films and their literary sources--focus on a series of close one-to-one comparisons between spe...
Betty Kaklamanidou Betty Kaklamanidou Thomas Leitch
Defiantly claims that ""all films are adaptations"". The wide-ranging chapters included in this book highlight the growing and evolving relevance of the field of adaptation studies and its many branding subfields.
Defiantly claims that ""all films are adaptations"". The wide-ranging chapters included in this book highlight the growing and evolving relevance of t...
