Adaptations from text to screen, screen to text
Adaptations considers the theoretical and practical difficulties surrounding the translation of a text into film, and the reverse process; the novelisation of films. Through three sets of case studies, the contributors examine the key debates surrounding adaptations: whether screen versions of liter...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Routledge
1999
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Adaptations considers the theoretical and practical difficulties surrounding the translation of a text into film, and the reverse process; the novelisation of films. Through three sets of case studies, the contributors examine the key debates surrounding adaptations: whether screen versions of literary classics can be faithful to the text; if something as capsulated as Jane Austens irony can even be captured on film; whether costume dramas always of their own time and do adaptations remake their parent text to reflect contemporary ideas and concerns.Tracing the complex alterations |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | 256 p. |
| ISBN: | 9781136219665 1315006197 1136219595 9781315006192 1136219668 |