A Companion to Literature and Film (Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies) [Hardcover]

Robert Stam (Editor), Alessandra Raengo (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 063123053X | ISBN-13: 978-0631230533 | Publication Date: November 8, 2004 | Edition: 1

A Companion to Literature in Film provides state-of-the-art research on world literature, film, and the complex theoretical relationship between them. 25 essays by international experts cover the most important topics in the study of literature and film adaptations.

• Covers a wide variety of topics, including cultural, thematic, theoretical, and genre issues
  
• Discusses film adaptations from the birth of cinema to the present day
  
• Explores a diverse range of titles and genres, including film noir, biblical epics, and Italian and Chinese cinema

Editorial Reviews

Review

“This volume stands as a model for consolidating studies of film and literature. It demonstrates that this field of intellectual inquiry, as it has developed over the last 15 years, encompasses the highbrow and the low; first and third world subject matter; issues of audience as well as authorship; and a commitment to interdisciplinarity. This collection will be useful for all kinds of readers: scholars, undergraduates, and all those who take seriously the pleasures provided by movies and novels.”
Eric Smoodin, University of California at Davis

“To anyone believing the discussion of novel-into-film had been exhausted a generation ago, A Companion to Literature and Film will come as a welcome surprise. Each of the twenty-five brilliantly argued case studies shows a level of conceptual clarity and interdisciplinary range that is astonishing. Scholars will find that this book bristles with ideas, while newcomers to the debates have an indispensable and expert guide.”
Thomas Elsaesser, University of Amsterdam

Book Description

A Companion to Literature in Film provides state-of-the-art research on world literature, film, and the complex theoretical relationship between them. Twenty-five essays by international experts cover the most important topics in the study of literature and film adaptations. The combination of theory and sophisticated readings of novels and adaptations adds up to a tour de force that reshapes and reconfigures the very field of literature and film studies.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 480 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (November 8, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 063123053X
• ISBN-13: 978-0631230533
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.1 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,210,692 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)