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Novel to film : an introduction to the theory of adaptation

Author: Brian McFarlane
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"It wasn't as good as the book;" this is the response to many a film adaptation, and even the starting point of many film reviews. This book offers a systematic theoretical account of the process by which the great (and not so great) works of literature are transformed into the good, bad (sometimes ugly), but always distinctive medium of cinema. Drawing on recent literary and film theory, McFarlane provides careful  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Brian McFarlane
ISBN: 0198711514 9780198711513 0198711506 9780198711506
OCLC Number: 33899329
Description: viii, 279 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Part I: Backgrounds, issues, and a new agenda --
Part II: The case studies. The Scarlet Letter (1926). Random Harvest (1942). Great Expectations (1946). Daisy Miller (1974). Cape Fear (1991) --
Conclusion.
Responsibility: Brian McFarlane.
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Abstract:

"It wasn't as good as the book;" this is the response to many a film adaptation, and even the starting point of many film reviews. This book offers a systematic theoretical account of the process by which the great (and not so great) works of literature are transformed into the good, bad (sometimes ugly), but always distinctive medium of cinema. Drawing on recent literary and film theory, McFarlane provides careful analysis of the theory and practice of metamorphosis. The Scarlet Letter, Random Harvest, Great Expectations, Daisy Miller, and Cape Fear provide case studies for a range of fictional and cinematic practices.

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