American Literature on Stage and Screen: 525 Works and Their Adaptations - Softcover

Hischak, Thomas S.

9780786468423: American Literature on Stage and Screen: 525 Works and Their Adaptations

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786468424 ISBN 13: 9780786468423

Publisher: McFarland, 2012

The 525 notable works of 19th and 20th century American fiction in this reference book have many stage, movie, television, and video adaptations. Each literary work is described and then every adaptation is examined with a discussion of how accurate the version is and how well it succeeds in conveying the spirit of the original in a different medium. In addition to famous novels and short stories by authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Willa Cather, many bestsellers, mysteries, children's books, young adult books, horror novels, science fiction, detective stories, and sensational potboilers from the past two centuries are examined.

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About the Author:

Award winner Thomas S. Hischak is a professor of theatre arts at the State University of New York College at Cortland. The author of more than 20 books on theatre, film and Tin Pan Alley, he has published several plays.

Review:

"Recommended"--Choice; "an informative and entertaining contribution to the interrelationship between literature and cinema"--ARBA.

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