About the book
This Companion offers a multi-disciplinary approach to literature on film and television. Writers are drawn from different backgrounds to consider broad topics, such as the issue of adaptation from novels and plays to the screen, canonical and popular literature, fantasy, genre and adaptations for children. There are also case studies, such as Shakespeare, Jane Austen, the nineteenth-century novel and modernism, which allow the reader to place adaptations of the work of writers within a wider context. An interview with Andrew Davies, whose work includes Pride and Prejudice (1995) and Bleak House (2005), reveals the practical choices and challenges that face the professional writer and adaptor. The Companion as a whole provides an extensive survey of an increasingly popular field of study.
Editions of The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780521849623
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780521614863
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This Companion offers a multi-disciplinary approach to literature on film and television. Writers are drawn from different backgrounds to consider broad topics, such as the issue of adaptation from novels and plays to the screen, canonical and popular literature, fantasy, genre and adaptations for children. There are also case studies, such as Shakespeare, Jane Austen, the nineteenth-century novel and modernism, which allow the reader to place adaptations of the work of writers within a wider context. An interview with Andrew Davies, whose work includes Pride and Prejudice (1995) and Bleak House (2005), reveals the practical choices and challenges that face the professional writer and adaptor. The Companion as a whole provides an extensive survey of an increasingly popular field of study.
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What is The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen about?
This Companion offers a multi-disciplinary approach to literature on film and television. Writers are drawn from different backgrounds to consider broad topics, such as the issue of adaptation from novels and plays to the screen, canonical and popular literature, fantasy, genre and adaptations for children. There are also case studies, such as Shakespeare, Jane Austen, the nineteenth-century novel and modernism, which allow the reader to place adaptations of the work of writers within a wider context. An interview with Andrew Davies, whose work includes Pride and Prejudice (1995) and Bleak House (2005), reveals the practical choices and challenges that face the professional writer and adaptor. The Companion as a whole provides an extensive survey of an increasingly popular field of study.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen?
The Arts > Performing arts > Films, cinema
Where can I read a sample of The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780521849623
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen?
Deborah Cartmell,Imelda Whelehan
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780521849623) and paperback(ISBN 9780521614863)