Often regarded as cinematic in their scope and power, the novels of Thomas Hardy have inspired some of the most absorbing adaptations of fiction for the big screen. This collection of essays by prominent international Hardy scholars explores both successful and unsuccessful attempts to transfer Hardy's novels to the screen. It provides a fascinating illustrated history of the interpretation and recreation of Hardy's work, from the silent era to television. The essays highlight the challenging nature of Hardy's work, which finds its most powerful reflection in films by controversial directors such as Roman Polanski and Michael Winterbottom.
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"...all the essays are strong and should be essential reading for both Hardyans and those who teach Hardy's novels."
Pamela Dalziel, University of British Columbia, Victorian Studies
Pamela Dalziel, University of British Columbia, Victorian Studies
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The novels of Thomas Hardy have inspired some of the most absorbing adaptations of fiction for the big screen. The essays collected here offer a fascinating illustrated history of the interpretation and recreation of Hardy's work, from the silent era to television. Adaptations on screen have revived Hardy's reputation for new generations of readers, and reinforced the continuing relevance of his works. This collection provides a stimulating starting-point both for the study of Hardy's novels as films, and of the ways in which cinema and television adaptations illuminate the novels.
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Narrative theory has generally been recognised as an area of common concern between film and fiction, for novels and films share what Harris Ross has called a 'vocation' to tell a story. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, The Mayor of Casterbridge, New York, The Return of the Native, Jude the Obscure, Peter Widdowson, Oxford University Press, Michael Winterbottom, Polanski's Tess, Michael Henchard, Clarendon Press, Kingdom Come, Nastassja Kinski, Fanny Robin, Hardy's Jude, Michael Millgate, Alan Bates, Hardy's Wessex, John Schlesinger, Paul Niemeyer, Under the Greenwood Tree, Collected Letters, David Lodge, Dennis Potter New!
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Narrative theory has generally been recognised as an area of common concern between film and fiction, for novels and films share what Harris Ross has called a 'vocation' to tell a story. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, The Mayor of Casterbridge, New York, The Return of the Native, Jude the Obscure, Peter Widdowson, Oxford University Press, Michael Winterbottom, Polanski's Tess, Michael Henchard, Clarendon Press, Kingdom Come, Nastassja Kinski, Fanny Robin, Hardy's Jude, Michael Millgate, Alan Bates, Hardy's Wessex, John Schlesinger, Paul Niemeyer, Under the Greenwood Tree, Collected Letters, David Lodge, Dennis Potter New!
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- Far From the Madding Crowd (Miniature Gramercy Classics) by Thomas Hardy on 37 pages
- Far from the Madding Crowd (Modern Library Classics) by Thomas Hardy on 37 pages
- The Mayor Of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy on 33 pages
- The Return of the Native (Modern Library Classics) by Thomas Hardy on 26 pages
- The Return Of The Native (The Works of Thomas Hardy) by Thomas Hardy on 26 pages
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