Count Dracula Goes to the Movies - Stoker's Novel Adapted, 3d ed

First published in 1897, Bram Stoker's Dracula has never been out of print. Yet most people are familiar with the title character from the movies. Count Dracula is one of the most-filmed literary characters in history--but has he (or Stoker's novel) ever been filmed accurately?
In its third edition, this study focuses on 18 adaptations of Dracula from 1922 to 2012, comparing them to the novel and to each other. Fidelity to the novel does not always guarantee a good movie, while some of the better films are among the more freely adapted.
The Universal and Hammer sequels are searched for traces of Stoker, along with several other films that borrow from the novel. The author concludes with a brief look at four latter-day projects that are best dismissed or viewed for ironic laughs.

About the author

Lyndon W. Joslin is a radio news anchor, reporter, commentator, and copy editor in Houston, Texas.

Product details

• Authors: Lyndon W. Joslin, Joslin Lyndon W.
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.04.2017
• EAN: 9781476669878
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-6987-8
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 513 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Film Theory & Criticism, Vampires, Film history, theory or criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form