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After decades of neglect, the screenplay is finally being recognized as a form that deserves serious critical analysis. This book for the first time combines detailed study of the theory and practice of screenwriting with new approaches to criticism and original studies of individual texts.

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'Steve Price explores a wide array of issues associated with movie scripts in this thorough-going study. [...] Essentially a thoughtful, well-researched examination of a too-little-studied literary form.' - Virginia Wright Wexman, Review of English Studies



Table of Contents
Preface Acknowledgements Authorship From Work to Text Ontology of the Screenplay Stages in Screenplay Development The Birds Editing and Publication The Scene Text The Dialogue Text Epilogue: Sunset Boulevard Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

The Screenplay Authorship Theory and Criticism

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      Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
      Published 12 January 2010
      ISBN-13 9780230223622
      978-0230223622
      ISBN-10 0230223621

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      After decades of neglect, the screenplay is finally being recognized as a form that deserves serious critical analysis. This book for the first time combines detailed study of the theory and practice of screenwriting with new approaches to criticism and original studies of individual texts.

      Trade Review

      'Steve Price explores a wide array of issues associated with movie scripts in this thorough-going study. [...] Essentially a thoughtful, well-researched examination of a too-little-studied literary form.' - Virginia Wright Wexman, Review of English Studies



      Table of Contents
      Preface Acknowledgements Authorship From Work to Text Ontology of the Screenplay Stages in Screenplay Development The Birds Editing and Publication The Scene Text The Dialogue Text Epilogue: Sunset Boulevard Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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