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Book SynopsisSome eighteen film directors from France to the United States, Germany to India, have applied themselves to the task of adapting Madame Bovary to the screen. Why has Flaubert’s 1857 classic novel been so popular with filmmakers? What challenges have they had to meet? What ideologies do their adaptations serve? Madame Bovary at the Movies seeks to answer these questions, avoiding value judgments based on the notion of fidelity to the novel. In-depth analyses are reserved for the studio films of Renoir, Minnelli and Chabrol and the small-screen adaptation of Fywell. As the first book-length examination of the Madame Bovary adaptations, this volume, in addition to its pedagogical applications, will be a useful reference for scholars of literature and film and for those interested in the burgeoning field of adaptation studies.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction The Theory and Practice of Adaptation Jean Renoir (1934): Framing Emma Vincente Minnelli (1949): Hollywood Rediscovers Emma Claude Chabrol (1991): Keeping the Faith Tim Fywell (2000): Sex in the Living Room Adaptation and its Avatars Conclusion Appendix A: Synopsis of Novel Appendix B: Filmography Appendix C: Glossary of Film Terms Bibliography Index
