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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on adaptations in and of nineteenth-century France, assessing the reworking of Emile Zola in radio, Honore de Balzac in silent cinema, Gustave Flaubert in contemporary fiction, Victor Hugo in musical theatre, Guy de Maupassant in television and Jules Verne in sound film.
Trade Review'In this volume, key literary works are situated within a highly active network of diverse impulses that extend the critical focus beyond the usual concern of scholars - This major study attentively probes the multimedia and multifaceted dynamics of adaptation.' - Dr Bradley Stephens, School of Modern Languages, University of Bristol 'Griffiths and Watts break new ground in their invigorated intermedial exploration of the adaptive afterlives of leading nineteenth-century French novelists. This significant contribution traverses literary criticism, adaptation studies and media studies, bringing compelling insights, not least in the rarely studied areas of radio and television adaptation.' - Susan Harrow, Ashley Watkins Professor of French, University of Bristol.
Table of ContentsIntroduction Kate Griffiths I Labyrinths of Voices: Emile Zola, Germinal and Radio Kate Griffiths II Diamond Thieves and Gold Diggers: Balzac, Silent Cinema and the Spoils of Adaptation Andrew Watts III Fragmented Fictions: Time, Textual Memory and the (Re)Writing of Madame Bovary Andrew Watts IV Les Miserables, Theatre and the Anxiety of Excess Andrew Watts V Chez Maupassant: The (In)Visible Space of Television Adaptation Kate Griffiths VI Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours: Verne, Todd, Coraci and the Spectropoetics of Adaptation Kate Griffiths Conclusion Andrew Watts
