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Engagements with Adaptation invites students both to consider adaptations on their own terms and to engage with the urgent questions they raise about literary canons, the media industry, the relations among different kinds of media, the nature of national, political, and cultural identities, and the ways contemporary digital and social media have complicated the roles of producers and consumers of texts.

Thomas Leitch guides students through six ways of thinking about adaptation: aesthetic, intertextual, industrial, biological, sociological, and participatory He explores multiple media and discusses a wide range of sources, including Frankenstein, Persepolis, Bridgerton, and the world of DC and Marvel comics. Each of the six chapters includes a detailed discussion of Greta Gerwigâs film Barbie to help readers gain compare the ways these six approaches can engage with a single text. The book also offers invaluable insight into copyright, censo

Engagements with Adaptation

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Published 3/24/2025
      ISBN-13 9781032572321
      978-1032572321
      ISBN-10 1032572329
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary theory

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      Engagements with Adaptation invites students both to consider adaptations on their own terms and to engage with the urgent questions they raise about literary canons, the media industry, the relations among different kinds of media, the nature of national, political, and cultural identities, and the ways contemporary digital and social media have complicated the roles of producers and consumers of texts.

      Thomas Leitch guides students through six ways of thinking about adaptation: aesthetic, intertextual, industrial, biological, sociological, and participatory He explores multiple media and discusses a wide range of sources, including Frankenstein, Persepolis, Bridgerton, and the world of DC and Marvel comics. Each of the six chapters includes a detailed discussion of Greta Gerwigâs film Barbie to help readers gain compare the ways these six approaches can engage with a single text. The book also offers invaluable insight into copyright, censo

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