Adaptations in the Sound Era
Bloomsbury Academic USA (Verlag)
978-1-62356-878-8 (ISBN)
Focusing on promotional materials, Adaptations in the Sound Era tracks early attempts to promote sound through the elevation of words in adaptations in the early sound period. The popular appeal of these films clearly stands in opposition to academic regard for them and the book reflects on the presence and marketing of ‘words' in a variety of adaptations, from the introduction of sound in the late 1920s to the mid 1930s. This book contextualizes a range of adaptations in relation to debates about ‘picturizations' of books in the early sound era, including reactions to the talking adaptation by writers such as, Irwin Panofsky, Aldous Huxley and Graham Greene. Film adaptations of Shakespeare, Dickens, gothic fiction and biopics are also discussed in relation to their use and promotion of sound or, more precisely, words.
Deborah Cartmell is Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Adaptations at De Montfort University, UK, founder and co-editor of the international journals Shakespeare and Adaptation, founder and former Chair of the Association of Adaptation Studies.
Chapter 1: Introduction: Early Reactions to Sound Adaptations
Chapter 2: The Taming of the Shrew (1929) and the First Adaptation of Shakespeare
Chapter 3: Sound Shakespeares in the 1930s
Chapter 4: Sound Dickens in the 1930s
Chapter 5: Sound and Early 1930s Biopics: Disraeli (1929), The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), Cleopatra (1934), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
Chapter 6: Sound and the Gothic Survival of 1931
Chapter 7: Conclusion: The Sound Adaptation Genre
References: Key Critical Works and a List of Adaptations
Reihe/Serie | Bloomsbury Adaptation Histories |
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Zusatzinfo | 14 bw illus |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 274 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-62356-878-1 / 1623568781 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-62356-878-8 / 9781623568788 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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