{"product_id":"literature-and-film-9780631230557","title":"Literature and Film","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiterature and Film\u003c\/em\u003e is a superb collection of vibrant essays that chart the history and confluence of literature and film. Featuring an ambitious introductory essay tracing the theory and practice of adaptation, the volume explores in detail a wide and international spectrum of novels and adaptations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSubjects range from established classics like \u003cem\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath, The Last of the Mohicans, Mansfield Park,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRemembrance of Things Past\u003c\/em\u003e, to consecrated genre works like \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCape Fear\u003c\/em\u003e, to contemporary classics like \u003cem\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBeloved\u003c\/em\u003e. The analysis bears on individual films—such as \u003cem\u003eClockers\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLike Water for Chocolate\u003c\/em\u003e—and larger themes, like the depictions of writers in film, and orature in African cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBringing together the very latest scholarship in the field, the Reader contains astute and readable essays, both theoretical and thematic, on the translation of literary into filmic texts. Almost all of the essays are originals, especially composed for this volume, and written by leading international scholars on both literature and film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the student or scholar, this volume provides an ideal way to become aware of the newest trends in film-literature studies, which go beyond issues of \"fidelity,\" to explore film\/literature relations in all their multi-faceted intertextuality. It can be used as a stand-alone reference source, or alongside the textbook \u003cem\u003eLiterature through Film: Realism, Magic, and the Art of Adaptation\u003c\/em\u003e by Robert Stam and \u003cem\u003eLiterature and Film\u003c\/em\u003e, edited by Robert Stam and Alessandra Raengo, for a complete learning package in this dynamic field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a whole, these three volumes will be shaping the debates about adaptation for the coming decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471079063788,"sku":"9780631230557","price":80.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/161a6e72571d5743ed743c431d22d226.jpg?v=1775792413","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/literature-and-film-9780631230557","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}