The Literature/Film Reader

Issues of Adaptation
Herausgeber: Lev, Peter; Welsh, James M.

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Produktbeschreibung

From 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 be seen as adaptations of records of the past. 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 390
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 563g
• ISBN-13: 9780810859494
• ISBN-10: 0810859491
• Artikelnr.: 22720151

Autorenporträt

Edited by James M. Welsh and Peter Lev

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Acknowledgments Part 2 Introduction: Issues of Screen Adaptation:
What is Truth? Part 3 Part 1: Polemics Chapter 4 Chapter 1 It Wasn't Like
That in the Book... Chapter 5 Chapter 2 Literature vs. Literacy: Two
Futures for Adaptation Studies Chapter 6 Chapter 3 Adaptation Studies and
the History of Ideas: The Case ofApocalypse Now Chapter 7 Chapter 4
Adaptation Studies Revisited: Purposes, Perspectives, and Inspiration
Chapter 8 Chapter 5 The Cold War's "Undigested Apple-Dumpling":
ImagingMoby-Dick in 1956 and 2001 Chapter 9 Chapter 6 Trying Harder:
Probability, Objectivity, and Rationality in Adaptation Studies Part 10
Part II: Classic and Popular Literature Chapter 11 Chapter 7 WhatIs a
"Shakespeare Film," Anyway? Chapter 12 Chapter 8 Returning to Naples:
Seeing the End in Shakespeare Film Adaptation Chapter 13 Chapter 9 Pop Goes
the Shakespeare: Baz Luhrmann'sWilliam Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet Chapter
14 Chapter 10 Reframing Adaptation: Representing the Invisible (OnThe House
of Mirth, Directed by Terence Davies, 2000) Chapter 15 Chapter 11 Sucking
Dracula: Mythic Biography into Fiction in Film, or Why Francis Ford
Coppola'sDracula Is Not ReallyBram Stoker's Dracula or Wallachia's Dracula
Chapter 16 Chapter 12Vertigo, Novel and Film Chapter 17 Chapter 13
Heinlein, Verhoeven, and the Problem of the RealStarship Troopers Part 18
Part III: Politics and Adaptation Chapter 19 Chapter 14 Literary Hardball:
The Novel-to-Screen Complexities ofThe Manchurian Candidate Chapter 20
Chapter 15The Oak: A Balancing Act from Page to Screen Chapter 21 Chapter
16 Adaptation and the Cold War: Mankiewicz'sThe Quiet American Chapter 22
Chapter 17 All the Quiet Americans Part 23 Part IV: History, Biography, and
Memoir Chapter 24 Chapter 18Camille Claudel: Biography Constructed as
Melodrama Chapter 25 Chapter 19 W. C. Handy Goes Uptown: Hollywood
Constructs the American Blues Musician Chapter 26 Chapter 20 Memoir and the
Limits of Adaptation Chapter 27 Chapter 21 Getting It Right: The Alamo on
Film Chapter 28 Chapter 22 "Plains" Speaking: Sound, Sense, and Sensibility
in Ang Lee'sRIde with the Devil Part 29 Part V: Epilogue: The Future of
Adaptation Studies Chapter 30 Chapter 23 Whare Are We Going, Where Have We
Been? Chapter 31 Chapter 24 The Future of Adaptation Studies Part 32 Index
Part 33 About the Editors Part 34 About the Contributors