Literature Through Film - Softcover

Stam, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405102888 ISBN 13: 9781405102889

Publisher: WB, 2004

Synopsis

This lively and accessible textbook, written by an expert in film studies, provides a fascinating introduction to the process and art of literature-to-film adaptations.

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• Provides a lively, rigorous, and clearly written account of key moments in the history of the novel from Don Quixote and Robinson Crusoe up to Lolita and One Hundred Years of Solitude
  
• Includes diversity of topics and titles, such as Fielding, Nabokov, and Cervantes in adaptations by Welles, Kubrick, and the French New Wave
  
• Emphasizes both the literary texts themselves and their varied transtextual film adaptations
  
• Examines numerous literary trends – from the self-conscious novel to magic realism – before exploring the cinematic impact of the movement
  
• Reinvigorates the field of adaptation studies by examining it through the grid of contemporary theory
  
• Brings novels and film adaptations into the age of multiculturalism, postcoloniality, and the Internet by reflecting on their contemporary relevance.

About this title

Book Description:

Written by a leading figure in film studies, Literature through Film is a first-rate study of the process and the art of literature-to-film adaptations. This accessible book traces the history of the novel since the time of Robinson Crusoe and Don Quixote to Lolita and One Hundred Years of Solitude. Emphasizing both the literary texts themselves and their varied transtextual film adaptations, it provides a lively, rigorous, and clearly written account of key moments in the history of the novel. It examines numerous literary trends-from Cervantes to Marquez-before exploring the cinematic impact of the movement, and brings novels and film adaptations into the age of multiculturalism and the Internet by reflecting on their contemporary relevance. This fascinating study is an excellent introduction and contains a wealth of insights for those who care about literature, film, and theory. It can be read alone or alongside A Companion to Literature in Film and Literature and Film: A Reader, edited by Robert Stam, for a complete picture of this dynamic field.

From the Back Cover:

Written by a leading figure in film and literary studies, this accessible textbook offers a first-rate analysis of the process and the art of literature-to-film adaptations.

• 
  
• Provides a lively, rigorous, and clearly written account of key moments in the history of the novel from Don Quixote and Robinson Crusoe up to Lolita and One Hundred Years of Solitude

• 
  
• Emphasizes both the literary texts themselves and their varied transtextual film adaptations

• 
  
• Examines numerous literary trends – from the self-conscious novel to magic realism – before exploring the cinematic impact of the movement

• 
  
• Reinvigorates the field of adaptation studies by examining it through the grid of contemporary theory

• 
  
• Brings novels and film adaptations into the age of multiculturalism, postcoloniality, and the Internet by reflecting on their contemporary relevance

About this edition

• Publisher: WB
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1405102888
• ISBN 13: 9781405102889
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408