The History of American Literature on Film

Thomas Leitch (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

464 Seiten

2019
Bloomsbury Academic USA (Verlag)
978-1-62892-373-5 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

From William Dickson’s Rip Van Winkle films (1896) to Baz Luhrmann’s big-budget production of The Great Gatsby (2013) and beyond, cinematic adaptations of American literature participate in a rich and fascinating history. Unlike previous studies of American literature and film, which emphasize particular authors like Edith Wharton and Nathaniel Hawthorne, particular texts like Moby-Dick, particular literary periods like the American Renaissance, or particular genres like the novel, this volume considers the multiple functions of filmed American literature as a cinematic genre in its own right—one that reflects the specific political and aesthetic priorities of different national and historical cinemas even as it plays a decisive role in defining American literature for a global audience.

Thomas Leitch is Professor of English at the University of Delaware, USA. His most recent books are Wikipedia U: Knowledge, Authority, and Liberal Education in the Digital Age (2014) and The Oxford Handbook of Adaptation Studies (2017).

Acknowledgements

Introduction: American Cinema and American Literatures

Chapter 1. 1895–1915: The Attraction of Adaptation
Chapter 2. 1915–1927: American Exotics
Chapter 3. 1927–1939: Novel Impressions
Chapter 4. 1939–1951: Invisible Adaptation
Chapter 5. 1951–1967: Weaponized Bestsellers
Chapter 6. 1967–1975: Counterculture Classics
Chapter 7. 1975–1989: Screening the Silenced
Chapter 8. 1989–2007: Adapt or Die
Chapter 9.2007–2018: Entertainment for Me

Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	04.07.2019
Reihe/Serie	The History of World Literatures on Film
Zusatzinfo	91 bw illus
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	789 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-62892-373-3 / 1628923733
ISBN-13	978-1-62892-373-5 / 9781628923735
Zustand	Neuware