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The history of British literature on film, 1895-2015

Semenza, Gregory M. Colón, 1972- author, Hasenfratz, Robert J., 1957- author

Overview

\"From The Death of Nancy Sykes (1897) to The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) and beyond, cinematic adaptations of British literature participate in a complex and fascinating history. The History of British Literature on Film, 1895-2015 is the only comprehensive narration of cinema's 100-year-old love affair with British literature. Unlike previous studies of literature and film, which tend to privilege particular authors such as Shakespeare and Jane Austen, or particular texts such as Frankenstein, or particular literary periods such as Medieval, this volume considers the multiple functions of filmed British literature as a cinematic subject in its own right-one reflecting the specific political and aesthetic priorities of different national and historical cinemas. In what ways has the British literary canon authorized and influenced the history and aesthetics of film, and in what ways has filmed British literature both affirmed and challenged the very idea of literary canonicity? Seeking to answer these and other key questions, this indispensable study shows how these adaptations emerged from and continue to shape the social, artistic, and commercial aspects of film history\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Subject: Motion pictures and literature. / British literature Film adaptations. / Film adaptations. / Motion pictures History.
• ISBN: 1501329855, 9781501329852

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PN1995.3.S46 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE