{"product_id":"french-literature-on-screen-9781784995171","title":"French Literature on Screen","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection presents new essays in the complex field of French literary adaptation. Using a variety of textual and interpretive approaches, it sheds light on issues of gender, sexuality, class, politics and social conventions while acknowledging a range of contexts, from the commercial to the archival and the aesthetic. The chapters, written by eminent international scholars, run chronologically from \u003ci\u003eThe Count of Monte Cristo \u003c\/i\u003ethrough Proust and \u003ci\u003eBonjour, Tristesse \u003c\/i\u003eto Philippe Djian’s \u003ci\u003eOh… \u003c\/i\u003e(adapted for the screen as \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e). Collectively, they fill a need for contemporary discussions on the significance of France’s literary representations in the history of global cinema.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: screening French literature - Homer B. Pettey and R. Barton Palmer\u003cbr\u003e2 The spectacle of Monte Cristo - Jennifer L. Jenkins\u003cbr\u003e3 Adultery and adulteration in film versions of Flaubert's \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e - Colin Davis\u003cbr\u003e4 For the first time on screen together: \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/i\u003e in 1934 - Dudley Andrew\u003cbr\u003e5 The Americanization of Victor Hugo: Darryl F. Zanuck's \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/i\u003e (1935) - Guerric DeBona\u003cbr\u003e6 From heterotopia to metatopia: staging Carmen's death - Phil Powrie\u003cbr\u003e7 From the \u003ci\u003eRecherche \u003c\/i\u003eon film toward a Proustian cinema - Steven Ungar\u003cbr\u003e8 Otto Preminger's \u003ci\u003eBonjour, Tristess\u003c\/i\u003ee: a tale of three women, if not more - R. Barton Palmer\u003cbr\u003e9 Adapting Pagnol and Provence - Jeremy Strong\u003cbr\u003e10 Maigret on screen: stardom and literary adaptation - Ginette Vincendeau\u003cbr\u003e11 The making and remaking of \u003ci\u003eThérèse Desqueyroux\u003c\/i\u003e: one novel, two films - Susan Hayward\u003cbr\u003e12 \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), rape, and adaptation - Homer B. Pettey\u003cbr\u003eSelect bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042324250967,"sku":"9781784995171","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781784995171.jpg?v=1750953912","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/french-literature-on-screen-9781784995171","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}