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Offering a critical reappraisal of a prolific and popular genre, this text also brings new material into the broader field of television studies. It surveys the traditional discourses about adaptation, unearthing assumptions and misconceptions, and explores the problems of previous approaches.

Table of Contents

List of figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Re:writing adaptations
1. What is (an) adaptation?
2. Criticism revealed
3. Theory revisited
4. Television adaptations in the televisual context
Part II: The adaptations
Introduction to Part II
5. Brideshead Revisited (1981)
6. Pride and Prejudice (1995)
7. The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996)
8. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)
9. Reconfiguring the genre
Bibliography
Filmography
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 8/29/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719060465, 978-0719060465
      ISBN10: 071906046X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offering a critical reappraisal of a prolific and popular genre, this text also brings new material into the broader field of television studies. It surveys the traditional discourses about adaptation, unearthing assumptions and misconceptions, and explores the problems of previous approaches.

      Table of Contents

      List of figures
      Acknowledgements
      Introduction
      Part I: Re:writing adaptations
      1. What is (an) adaptation?
      2. Criticism revealed
      3. Theory revisited
      4. Television adaptations in the televisual context
      Part II: The adaptations
      Introduction to Part II
      5. Brideshead Revisited (1981)
      6. Pride and Prejudice (1995)
      7. The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996)
      8. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)
      9. Reconfiguring the genre
      Bibliography
      Filmography
      Index

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