Some film and novel revisions go so far beyond adaptation that they demand a new designation. This critical collection explores movies, plays, essays, comics and video games that supercede adaptation to radically transform their original sources. Fifteen essays investigate a variety of texts that rework everything from literary classics to popular children's books, demonstrating how these new, stand-alone creations critically engage their sources and contexts. Particular attention is paid to parody, intertextuality, and fairy-tale transformations in the examination of these works, all of...

In this Instant Classic pioneering Speaker & Author Gerald Williams cracks the code to succeeding in school. The recipe for school success rest within any student. Read the 21 Days to Become an Excellent book and follow the steps. Also watch the FREE transformation videos on Youtube. (Just go to Youtube and enter: "21 Days to Become an Excellent Student") In this book Gerald talks about his own 21 Day Story which opened the portal to understanding how to achieve your goals in-spite of obstacles and circumstances. Insights from the book: How to Set Goals Dealing with a Boring Teacher...