{"product_id":"literature-through-film-9781405102872","title":"Literature Through Film","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis lively and accessible textbook, written by an expert in film studies, provides a fascinating introduction to the process and art of literature-to-film adaptations. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style:\" none\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a lively, rigorous, and clearly written account of key moments in the history of the novel from Don Quixote and Robinson Crusoe up to \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes diversity of topics and titles, such as Fielding, Nabokov, and Cervantes in adaptations by Welles, Kubrick, and the French New Wave\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmphasizes both the literary texts themselves and their varied transtextual film adaptations\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines numerous literary trends  from the self-conscious novel to magic realism  before exploring the cinematic impact of the movement\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReinvigorates the field of adaptation studies by examining it through the grid of contemporary theory\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings novels and film a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Robert Stam helps us better understand two of the most important art forms of our time – film and the novel. In so doing, he brings to light new sources for the distinctiveness of each. The general method guiding his particular analyses of movement from one medium to the other is itself a major contribution to translation theory.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Holquist, Yale University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustations. \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. A Cervantic Prelude: From Don Quixote to Postmodernism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Colonial and Postcolonial Classics: From \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eSurvivor.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Self-Conscious Novel: From Henry Fielding to David Eggers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Proto-cinematic Novel: Metamorphoses of \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Underground Man and Neurotic Narrators: From Dostoevsky to Nabakov.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Modernism, Adaptation, and the French New Wave.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Full Circle: From Cervantes to Magic Realism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407838421335,"sku":"9781405102872","price":95.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405102872.jpg?v=1730500696","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/literature-through-film-9781405102872","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}