{"product_id":"literature-and-film-isbn-9780631230557","title":"Literature and Film","description":"\u003ci\u003eLiterature and Film\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Theory and Practice of Adaptation 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Stam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Improvements and Reparations at Mansfield Park 53\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTim Watson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Keeping the Carcass in Motion: Adaptation and Transmutations of the National in The Last of the Mohicans 71\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJacquelyn Kilpatrick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Discreet Charm of the Leisure Class: Terence Davies’s The House of Mirth 86\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Porton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 In Search of Adaptation: Proust and Film 100\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMelissa Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Grapes of Wrath: Thematic Emphasis through Visual Style 111\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVivian C. Sobchack\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Cape Fear and Trembling: Familial Dread 126 \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKirsten Thompson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Carnival of Repression: German Left-wing Politics and The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum 148\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexandra Seibel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Serial Time: Bluebeard in Stepford 163\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBliss Cua Lim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Boyz N the Hood Chronotopes: Spike Lee, Richard Price, and the Changing Authorship of Clockers 191\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaula J. Massood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Defusing the English Patient 208\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatrick Deer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Carnivals and Goldfish: History and Crisis in the Butcher Boy 233\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJessica Scarlata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Passion or Heartburn? The Uses of Humor in Esquivel’s and Arau’s Like Water for Chocolate 252\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDianna C. Niebylski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Beloved: The Adaptation of an American Slave Narrative 272\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMia Mask\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Oral Traditions, Literature, and Cinema in Africa 295\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMbye Cham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Memory and History in the Politics of Adaptation: Revisiting the Partition of India in Tamas 313\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRanjani Mazumdar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Written Scene: Writers as Figures of Cinematic Redemption 331\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Arthur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 343\u003c\/p\u003e  “Stam and Raengo's \u003ci\u003eLiterature and Film\u003c\/i\u003e 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.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Pea, Columbia University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Stam\u003c\/b\u003e 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).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlessandra Raengo\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of Film Genres\u003c\/i\u003e (1999) and \u003ci\u003eThe Bounds of Representation\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), both multilingual volumes edited with Leonardo Quaresima and Laura Vichi.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterature and Film\u003c\/i\u003e is a superb collection of vibrant essays that chart the history and confluence of literature and film. Bringing together the very latest scholarship in the field, this guide contains astute and readable contributions – both theoretical and thematic – on the translation of literary into filmic texts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubjects range from established classics including \u003ci\u003eThe Last of the Mohicans\u003c\/i\u003e, through consecrated genre works like \u003ci\u003eCape Fear\u003c\/i\u003e, to contemporary classics such as \u003ci\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e. Almost all of the essays are originals, especially composed for this volume, and written by leading international scholars on both literature and film. The book features an ambitious introductory essay tracing the theory and practice of adaptation, providing the ideal entry point for students or scholars exploring this dynamic and multifaceted field.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989536358629,"sku":"NP9780631230557","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631230557.jpg?v=1761784505","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/literature-and-film-isbn-9780631230557","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}