"Over the past 30 years, the fields of world literature and world cinema have developed on parallel but largely separate tracks, with little recognition of their underlying similarities and the ways that each can learn from the other. Time Regained does not move from literature …
"Examines the place of book-to-film adaptations by one of Italy's most famous postwar film directors"--
"Artificial Generation: Photogenic French Literature and the Prehistory of Cinematic Modernity looks at nineteenth-century literary representation and film theory, arguing that the depth of amalgamation that occurred within literary representation during this era is a key aesthe…
The Drift: Affect, Adaptation, and New Perspectives on Fidelity offers a new perspective on the complex interrelations between literature and cinema. It does so by articulating an 'affective turn' for adaptation studies, a field whose traditional focus has been the critical cast…
"In the mid-20th century, Mickey Spillane was the sensation of not just mystery fiction but publishing itself. Spillane's fiction came to the screen in a series of films. These films, and television series are examined by Spillane experts. Included are cast and crew listings, br…
Providing a fresh angle on adaptation studies, this study looks at how avant-garde directors and filmmakers have treated literary works in distinct ways.
Adaptations have occurred regularly since the beginning of cinema, but little recognition has been given to avant-garde adaptations of literary or other texts. This compelling study corrects such omissions by detailing the theory and practice of alternative adaptation practices …
Featured in this book are 19 original essays, ranging across the entirety of Alfred Hitchcock's career, that consider the ways in which he adapted and transformed a variety of literary works - novels, plays, and short stories - into film.
Featured in this book are 19 original essays, ranging across the entirety of Alfred Hitchcock's career, that consider the ways in which he adapted and transformed a variety of literary works - novels, plays, and short stories - into film.
Although Stanley Kubrick adapted novels and short stories, his films deviate in notable ways from the source material. In particular, since 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), his films seem to definitively exploit all cinematic techniques, embodying a compelling visual and aural expe…
