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A Companion to Literature, Film, and Adaptation [Hardcover]

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  • Category: Books (Performing Arts)
  • ISBN-10:  1444334972
  • ISBN-10:  1444334972
  • ISBN-13:  9781444334975
  • ISBN-13:  9781444334975
  • Publisher:  Wiley-Blackwell
  • Publisher:  Wiley-Blackwell
  • Pages:  448
  • Pages:  448
  • Binding:  Hardcover
  • Binding:  Hardcover
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2012
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2012
  • SKU:  1444334972-11-MPOD
  • SKU:  1444334972-11-MPOD
  • Item ID: 100704111
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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 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
  • Showcases work by leading Shakespeare adaptation scholars
  • Explores fascinating topics such as ‘unfilmable’ texts
  • Includes detailed considerations of Ian McEwan’s Atonement and Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
List of Contributors viii

Acknowledgments xi

Foreword: Kamilla Elliott xii

100+ Years of Adaptations, or, Adaptation as the Art Form of Democracy 1
Deborah Cartmell

Part I History and Contexts: From Image to Sound 15

1 Literary Adaptation in the Silent Era 17
Judith Buchanan

2 Writing on the Silent Screen 33
Gregory Robinson

3 Adaptation and Modernism 52
Richard J. Hand

4 Sound Adaptation: Sam Taylor’s The Taming of the Shrew 70
Deborah Cartmell

Part II Approaches 85

5 Adaptation and Intertextuality, or, What isn’t an Adaptation, and What Does it Matter? 87

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