Literature and Film
A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Film Adaptation
1. Auflage September 2004
376 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-23054-0
John Wiley & Sons
Literature and Film is a cornucopia of vibrant essays that chart the history and confluence of literature and film. It explores in detail a wide and international spectrum of novels and adaptations, bringing together the very latest scholarship in the field.
List of Illustrations.
Notes on Contributors.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introductory Essay: The Theory and Practice of Adaptation:
Robert Stam.
1. Improvements and Reparations at Mansfield Park: Tim Watson
(Princeton University).
2. Keeping the Carcass in Motion: Adaptation and Transmutations
of the National in The Last of the Mohicans: Jacquelyn Kilpatrick
(California State University, Channel Islands).
3. The Discreet Charm of the Leisure Class: Terence Davies's The
House of Mirth: Richard Porton (Cineaste magazine).
4. In Search of Adaptation: Proust and Film: Melissa Anderson
(CUNY Graduate Center).
5. The Grapes of Wrath: Thematic Emphasis through Visual Style:
Vivian C. Sobchack (UCLA).
6. Cape Fear and Trembling: Familial Dread: Kirsten Thompson
(Wayne State University).
7. The Carnival of Repression: German Left Wing Politics and The
Lost Honor of Katarina Blum: Alexandra Seibel (New York
University).
8. Serial Time: Bluebeard in Stepford: Bliss Cua Lim (University
of California, Irvine).
9. Boyz 'N the Hood Chronotope: Spike Lee, Richard Price,
and the Changing Authorship of Clockers: Paula J. Massood (Brooklyn
College, CUNY).
10. Defusing The English Patient: Patrick Deer (New York
University).
11. Carnivals and Goldfish: History and Crisis in The Butcher
Boy: Jessica Scarlata (New York University).
12. Mild Revisionism, Failed Revolts: Esquivel's and Arau's Like
Water for Chocolate, A Retrospective View: Dianna C. Niebylski
(University of Kentucky).
13. Beloved: The Adaptation of an American Slave Narrative: Mia
Mask (New York University).
14. Oral Traditions, Literature and Cinema in Africa: Mbye Cham
(Howard University).
15. Memory and History in the Politics of Adaptation: Revisiting
the Partition of India in Tamas: Ranjani Mazundar (Jamia Millia
Islamia).
16. The Written Scene: Writers as Figures of Cinematic
Redemption: Paul Arthur (Montclair State University).
Index
Notes on Contributors.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introductory Essay: The Theory and Practice of Adaptation:
Robert Stam.
1. Improvements and Reparations at Mansfield Park: Tim Watson
(Princeton University).
2. Keeping the Carcass in Motion: Adaptation and Transmutations
of the National in The Last of the Mohicans: Jacquelyn Kilpatrick
(California State University, Channel Islands).
3. The Discreet Charm of the Leisure Class: Terence Davies's The
House of Mirth: Richard Porton (Cineaste magazine).
4. In Search of Adaptation: Proust and Film: Melissa Anderson
(CUNY Graduate Center).
5. The Grapes of Wrath: Thematic Emphasis through Visual Style:
Vivian C. Sobchack (UCLA).
6. Cape Fear and Trembling: Familial Dread: Kirsten Thompson
(Wayne State University).
7. The Carnival of Repression: German Left Wing Politics and The
Lost Honor of Katarina Blum: Alexandra Seibel (New York
University).
8. Serial Time: Bluebeard in Stepford: Bliss Cua Lim (University
of California, Irvine).
9. Boyz 'N the Hood Chronotope: Spike Lee, Richard Price,
and the Changing Authorship of Clockers: Paula J. Massood (Brooklyn
College, CUNY).
10. Defusing The English Patient: Patrick Deer (New York
University).
11. Carnivals and Goldfish: History and Crisis in The Butcher
Boy: Jessica Scarlata (New York University).
12. Mild Revisionism, Failed Revolts: Esquivel's and Arau's Like
Water for Chocolate, A Retrospective View: Dianna C. Niebylski
(University of Kentucky).
13. Beloved: The Adaptation of an American Slave Narrative: Mia
Mask (New York University).
14. Oral Traditions, Literature and Cinema in Africa: Mbye Cham
(Howard University).
15. Memory and History in the Politics of Adaptation: Revisiting
the Partition of India in Tamas: Ranjani Mazundar (Jamia Millia
Islamia).
16. The Written Scene: Writers as Figures of Cinematic
Redemption: Paul Arthur (Montclair State University).
Index
"Stam and Raengo's Literature and Film offers a
wonderful collection of approaches to the multifaceted and
sometimes contradictory relationship between the written word and
the filmic image, bringing into the discussion a refreshing series
of examples drawn from international and minority
cinemas."
Richard Pea, Columbia University
wonderful collection of approaches to the multifaceted and
sometimes contradictory relationship between the written word and
the filmic image, bringing into the discussion a refreshing series
of examples drawn from international and minority
cinemas."
Richard Pea, Columbia University
Robert Stam is University Professor at New York University. His many books include Film Theory: An Introduction (Blackwell, 2000), Unthinking Eurocentrism: Multiculturalism and the Media (with Ella Shohat, 1994), and Subversive Pleasures: Bakhtin, Cultural Criticism and Film (1989). With Toby Miller, he is the editor of Film and Theory (Blackwell, 2000) and The Blackwell Companion to Film Theory (2000).
Alessandra Raengo is finishing her PhD in the Cinema Studies Department at New York University. Her dissertation explores race and vernacular social criticism in American culture between 1945 and 1968. Among her publications are The Birth of Film Genres (1999) and The Bounds of Representation (2000), both multilingual volumes edited with Leonardo Quaresima and Laura Vichi.
Alessandra Raengo is finishing her PhD in the Cinema Studies Department at New York University. Her dissertation explores race and vernacular social criticism in American culture between 1945 and 1968. Among her publications are The Birth of Film Genres (1999) and The Bounds of Representation (2000), both multilingual volumes edited with Leonardo Quaresima and Laura Vichi.
