Companion to Literature, Film, and Adaptation

Informationen zum Autor Deborah Cartmell is Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Adaptations at De Montfort University, UK. A former chair and founding member of the Association of Adaptation Studies, she is co-editor of two international journals - Shakespeare and Adaptation . Her recent publications include Screen Adaptation: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (2010) and, with Imelda Whelehan, Screen Adaptation: Impure Cinema (2010). Klappentext 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 "Although written by and for academics, and containing a lot of media jargon, the Companion to Literature, Film and Adaptation is open to anybody interested in learning more about the process of translating the printed page into film. Many popular productions on the big and small screen are referenced, such as Anonymous (2011) and Emma (2009), so readers do not need to know Barthes from Bazin to find the Companion both informative and accessible." ( Reference Reviews , 27 April 2013) Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 6 Film Authorship and Adaptation 105 Shelley Cobb 7 The Business of Adaptation: Reading the Market 122 Simone Murray Part III Genre: Film, Television 141 8 Adapting the X-Men: Comic-Book Narratives in Film Franchises 143 Martin Zeller-Jacques 9 The Classic Novel on British Television 159 Richard Butt Part IV Authors and Periods 177 10 Screened Writers 179 Kamilla Elliott 11 Murdering Othello 198 Douglas M. Lanier 12 Hamlet's Hauntographology: Film Philology, Facsimiles, and Textual Faux-ensics 216 Richard Burt 13 Shakespeare to Austen on Screen 241 Lisa Hopkins 14 Austen and Sterne: Beyond Heritage 256 Ariane Hudelet 15 Neo-Victorian Adaptations 272 Imelda Whelehan Part V Beyond Authors and Canonical Texts 293 16 Costume and Adaptation 295 Pamela Church Gibson and Tamar Jeffers McDonald 17 Music into Movies: The Film of the Song 312 Ian Inglis 18 Rambo on Page and Screen 330 Jeremy Strong Part VI Case Studies: Adaptable a...

List of contents

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
 
6 Film Authorship and Adaptation 105
Shelley Cobb
 
7 The Business of Adaptation: Reading the Market 122
Simone Murray
 
Part III Genre: Film, Television 141
 
8 Adapting the X-Men: Comic-Book Narratives in Film Franchises 143
Martin Zeller-Jacques
 
9 The Classic Novel on British Television 159
Richard Butt
 
Part IV Authors and Periods 177
 
10 Screened Writers 179
Kamilla Elliott
 
11 Murdering Othello 198
Douglas M. Lanier
 
12 Hamlet's Hauntographology: Film Philology, Facsimiles, and Textual Faux-ensics 216
Richard Burt
 
13 Shakespeare to Austen on Screen 241
Lisa Hopkins
 
14 Austen and Sterne: Beyond Heritage 256
Ariane Hudelet
 
15 Neo-Victorian Adaptations 272
Imelda Whelehan
 
Part V Beyond Authors and Canonical Texts 293
 
16 Costume and Adaptation 295
Pamela Church Gibson and Tamar Jeffers McDonald
 
17 Music into Movies: The Film of the Song 312
Ian Inglis
 
18 Rambo on Page and Screen 330
Jeremy Strong
 
Part VI Case Studies: Adaptable and Unadaptable Texts 343
 
19 Writing for the Movies: Writing and Screening Atonement (2007) 345
Yvonne Griggs
 
20 Foregrounding the Media: Atonement (2007) as an Adaptation 359
Christine Geraghty
 
21 Paratextual Adaptation: Heart of Darkness as Hearts of Darkness via Apocalypse Now 374
Jamie Sherry
 
22 Authorship, Commerce, and Harry Potter 391
James Russell
 
23 Adapting the Unadaptable - The Screenwriter's Perspective 408
Diane Lake
 
Index 416

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"Well-written, suggestively arranged in a series of sixsections, A Companion to Literature, Film and Adaptation providesan invaluable resource for anyone interested in debates about thepast, present and future of adaptation studies, and why thediscipline represents an important advance in the field ofinterdisciplinary learning ... Cartmell's collectioncovers just about every area imaginable within adaptation studies,whether historical, theoretical or otherwise ... [It] is a farcry from those collections that simply compare source with targettexts; it encompasses comic-books, songs, silent cinema as well asmore canonical texts and their cinematic variants. There issomething for everyone in this volume." ( Post Script ,2014)

"Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduatesand above." ( Choice , 1 November 2013)

" A Companion to Literature, Film and Adaptation is open toanybody interested in learning more about the process oftranslating the printed page into film. Many popular productions onthe big and small screen are referenced, such as Anonymous (2011) and Emma (2009), so readers do not need to knowBarthes from Bazin to find the Companion both informative andaccessible." ( Reference Reviews , 27 April 2013)

Product details

• Authors: D Cartmell, Deborah Cartmell, Deborah (De Montford University Cartmell, Deborah (EDT) Cartmell
• Assisted by: Debora Cartmell (Editor), Deborah Cartmell (Editor), Cartmell Deborah (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2012
• EAN: 9781444334975
• ISBN: 978-1-4443-3497-5
• No. of pages: 448
• Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture; Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Literaturwissenschaft, Kulturwissenschaften, Literature, Cultural Studies, Literaturverfilmung, Romane, Film Studies, Filmforschung, The Novel