Offering an extensive introduction to cinematic representations of classic fiction of the eighteenth century, this study sheds new light on the process of converting prose fiction into film. The contributors provide a variety of theoretical and critical approaches to the process of bringing literary works to the screen. They consider a broad range of film and television adaptations, including several versions of Robinson Crusoe and adaptations of Gulliver's Travels, Clarissa and Tom Jones. This book appeals to students of literature and film alike.
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"...a refreshing contribution to the field of film and literature...a 'must read' for anyone interested in cinematic interpretations of eighteenth-century literature." Canadian Woman Studies
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This collection offers an extensive introduction to cinematic representations of the eighteenth century, mostly derived from classic fiction of that period, and sheds new light on the process of making prose fiction into film. The contributors provide a variety of theoretical and critical approaches to the process of bringing literary works to the screen. They consider a broad range of film and television adaptations, including several versions of Robinson Crusoe and adaptations of Gulliver's Travels, Clarissa and Tom Jones. This book will appeal to students of literature and film alike.
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Novel and film have had a long symbiotic relationship, which no doubt is affected by the commercialism of the studios. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fidelity criticism, heritage film, nous appartient, camp sensibility, screen adaptations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Moll Flanders, Rob Roy, Gulliver's Travels, Barry Lyndon, Robinson Crusoe, Les Liaisons, Tom Jones, Dangerous Liaisons, Joseph Andrews, Wrong Move, Man Friday, Tony Richardson, Daniel Defoe, Vadim's Valmont, Jonathan Swift, Oxford University Press, Toni Jones, Clarendon Press, Jacques Rivette, Robin Hood, Roger Vadim, Screening the Novel, Suzanne Simonin, Torn Jones New!
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Novel and film have had a long symbiotic relationship, which no doubt is affected by the commercialism of the studios. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fidelity criticism, heritage film, nous appartient, camp sensibility, screen adaptations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Moll Flanders, Rob Roy, Gulliver's Travels, Barry Lyndon, Robinson Crusoe, Les Liaisons, Tom Jones, Dangerous Liaisons, Joseph Andrews, Wrong Move, Man Friday, Tony Richardson, Daniel Defoe, Vadim's Valmont, Jonathan Swift, Oxford University Press, Toni Jones, Clarendon Press, Jacques Rivette, Robin Hood, Roger Vadim, Screening the Novel, Suzanne Simonin, Torn Jones New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Rob Roy (Penguin Classics) by Walter Scott on 5 pages
- The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, & C. (Oxford World's Classics) by Daniel Defoe on 5 pages
- Rob Roy (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics) by Sir Walter Scott on 4 pages
- The English Novel and the Movies by Michael Klein on 4 pages
- Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Ambroise Francois Choderlos de Laclos on 4 pages
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