The history of British literature on film, 1895-2015
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The history of British literature on film, 1895-2015
(The history of world literatures on film / series editors, Greg M. Colón Semenza and Bob Hasenfratz)
Bloomsbury Academic, 2017, c2015
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First hardback ed. published 2015
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Attractions, Tricks, and Fairy-Tales: Visual and Theatrical Culture in the Brit-Lit Film, 1896-1907
2. "Crude, Vicious, and Lascivious Entertainments:" The Rise of the Brit-Lit Feature Film, 1907-1920
3. Inter-Nationalizing the Brit-Lit Film: Hollywood and the World Film Market, 1920-1927
4. Sound, Studios, and Censorship: The Brit-Lit Film, 1927-1939
5. The Empire Strikes Back: Britain's Reclamation of Brit-Lit, 1939-1957
6. Traditions and Revolutions: The Brit-Lit Film, 1957-1979
7. The Brit-Lit Film after Film: 1979-2015
Notes
Bibliography
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"