Adaptation: Studying Film and Literature

by John Desmond and Peter Hawkes

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This concise and readable new text for courses in Film Adaptation or Film and Literature introduces students to the art of adapting works of literature for film. Adaptation describes the interwoven histories of literature and film, presents key analytical approaches to adaptation, and provides an in-depth overview of adaptations of novels, short stories, plays, nonfiction, and animation. The book concludes with an analysis of why adaptations sometimes fail.
  • ISBN13 9780072822045
  • Publish Date 16 April 2005
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 19 July 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
  • Imprint McGraw-Hill Professional
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 304
  • Language English