Adaptation : studying film and literature

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Title:

Adaptation : studying film and literature

Author:

Desmond, John M.

ISBN:

9780072822045

Personal Author:

Desmond, John M.

Publication Information:

Boston, Mass. : McGraw-Hill, c2006.

Physical Description:

xii, 256, [257-266] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

General Note:

Filmography: p. 255-256.

Subject Term:

Film adaptations.

Film criticism.

Motion pictures and literature.

Added Author:

Hawkes, Peter (Peter Joseph)

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0618/2004059288-t.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0664/2004059288-d.html

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This concise and readable new text for courses in Film Adaptation or Film and Literature introduces students to the art of adapting works of literature for film. Adaptation describes the interwoven histories of literature and film, presents key analytical approaches to adaptation, and provides an in-depth overview of adaptations of novels, short stories, plays, nonfiction, and animation. The book concludes with an analysis of why adaptations sometimes fail.

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