The Literature/film Reader: Issues of AdaptationFrom examinations of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, The Literature Film Reader: Issues of Adaptation covers a wide range of films adapted from other sources. The first section presents essays on the hows and whys of adaptation studies, and subsequent sections highlight films adapted from a variety of sources, including classic and popular literature, drama, biography, and memoir. The last section offers a new departure for adaptation studies, suggesting that films about history often a separate category of film study can be seen as adaptations of records of the past. The anthology concludes with speculations about the future of adaptation studies. Several essays provide detailed analyses of films, in some cases discussing more than one adaptation of a literary or dramatic source, such as The Manchurian Candidate, The Quiet American, and Romeo and Juliet. Other works examined include Moby Dick, The House of Mirth, Dracula, and Starship Troopers, demonstrating the breadth of material considered for this anthology. Although many of the essays appeared in Literature/Film Quarterly, more than half are original contributions. Chosen for their readability, these essays avoid theoretical jargon as much as possible. For this reason alone, this collection should be of interest to not only cinema scholars but to anyone interested in films and their source material. Ultimately, The Literature Film Reader: Issues of Adaptation provides an excellent overview of this critical aspect of film studies." |
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Pagina 8
In each of these cases, what is offered is, in some sense, a radical reworking of
the precursor text, a kind of commentary on its great antecedent, a new work. But
if merely being bold is no guarantee that the filmmaker will give satisfaction to ...
In each of these cases, what is offered is, in some sense, a radical reworking of
the precursor text, a kind of commentary on its great antecedent, a new work. But
if merely being bold is no guarantee that the filmmaker will give satisfaction to ...
Pagina 56
This conveys the sense of their being outsiders, a sense which is emphasised by
associating wobbly views to Melmotte's point of view, highlighting his unstable,
disruptive influence in this ordered, formal world. Similarly, Melmotte's musical ...
This conveys the sense of their being outsiders, a sense which is emphasised by
associating wobbly views to Melmotte's point of view, highlighting his unstable,
disruptive influence in this ordered, formal world. Similarly, Melmotte's musical ...
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If a sense of truth to events as remembered is a second important characteristic of
memoirs, the third and perhaps dominant characteristic is the reader's sense of
being addressed directly, in good faith, by another person about his or her life.
If a sense of truth to events as remembered is a second important characteristic of
memoirs, the third and perhaps dominant characteristic is the reader's sense of
being addressed directly, in good faith, by another person about his or her life.
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Imaging MobyDick in 1956 and 2001 | 65 |
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