Adapted from the Original

Essays on the Value and Values of Works Remade for a New Medium

By Laurence Raw | Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

About the book

Critics and audiences often judge films, books and other media as \"great\" --but what does that really mean? This collection of new essays examines the various criteria by which degrees of greatness (or not-so) are constructed--whether by personal, political or social standards--through topics in cinema, literature and adaptation. The contributors recognize how issues of value vary across different cultures, and explore what those differences say about attitudes and beliefs.

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ISBN 9780786478729
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ISBN 9781476632872

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Critics and audiences often judge films, books and other media as \"great\" --but what does that really mean? This collection of new essays examines the various criteria by which degrees of greatness (or not-so) are constructed--whether by personal, political or social standards--through topics in cinema, literature and adaptation. The contributors recognize how issues of value vary across different cultures, and explore what those differences say about attitudes and beliefs.

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Critics and audiences often judge films, books and other media as \"great\" --but what does that really mean? This collection of new essays examines the various criteria by which degrees of greatness (or not-so) are constructed--whether by personal, political or social standards--through topics in cinema, literature and adaptation. The contributors recognize how issues of value vary across different cultures, and explore what those differences say about attitudes and beliefs.

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The Arts > Performing arts

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Adapted from the Original has 268 page(s)

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Laurence Raw

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McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

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