The history of American literature on film
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The history of American literature on film
（The history of world literatures on film / series editors, Greg M. Colón Semenza and Bob Hasenfratz）
Bloomsbury Academic, 2021
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-392) and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
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
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Index
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