Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen

Name: Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen
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ISBN: 9780521849623

ISBN-10: 0521849624

ISBN-13: 9780521849623

Edition: 2007

Authors: Deborah Cartmell, Imelda Whelehan

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This Companion aims to paint a picture of literature on screen in a variety of ramifications and is divided into four sections: theories of literature on screen; the history and contexts of literature on screen; genre, industry and taste; and beyond the literary (sound, vision and hybridity). The book aims to address the different approaches and the range of topics invited by the multi-dimensionality of the discipline itself. Unlike other books in this field, The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen brings the diverse areas of the subject together by including both novels and plays on screen, film and television, canonical and popular literature, animation, the effects of soundtracks…

Book details

List price: $109.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/10/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 290
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.17" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Notes on contributors


Introduction - Literature on screen: a synoptic view




Theories of Literature on Screen



Reading film and literature




Literature on screen, a history: in the gap




History and Contexts



Gospel narratives on silent film




William Shakespeare, filmmaker




The nineteenth-century novel on film: Jane Austen




Modernism and adaptation




Postmodern adaptation: pastiche, intertextuality and re-functioning




Genre, Industry, Taste



Heritage and literature on screen: Heimat and heritage




"Don't let's ask for the moon!": reading and viewing the woman's film




Post-classical fantasy cinema: The Lord of the Rings




Adapting children's literature




Literature on the small screen: television adaptations




Beyond the "Literary"



Classic literature and animation: all adaptations are equal, but some are more equal than others




High fidelity? Music in screen adaptations




From screen to text: novelization, the hidden continent




A practical understanding of literature on screen: two conversations with Andrew Davies



Further reading


Index