| Screen Adaptations: To Kill a Mockingbird: A Close Study of the Relationship Between Text and Film Contributor(s): Palmer, R. Barton (Author), Cartmell, Deborah (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0713679115 ISBN-13: 9780713679113 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2009 Annotation: "To Kill a Mockingbird "is an immensely important work of literature studied worldwide. Literature and film students will find plenty of material to support their courses on how the film versions provide different readings of the original text. Focusing on several film versions and adaptations, the book discusses the literary work in its historical context, its key themes and dominant readings, how it has been adapted for screen, and how adaptations have changed our reading of the original text. R. Barton Palmer is a Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature and a professor of film, screenwriting, and British literature at Clemson University in South Carolina. He is the author of many books on literature and film. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Study Aids | Book Notes |
| Dewey: 791.436 |
| LCCN: 2009367058 |
| Series: Screen Adaptations |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.48 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: To Kill a Mockingbird is an immensely important work of literature which is studied worldwide. Literature and film adaptations studies students will find plenty of material to support their courses and essay writing on how the film versions provide different readings of the original text. Focussing on several film versions and adaptations, the book discusses: the literary text in its historical context, key themes and dominant readings of the text, how the text is adapted for screen and how adaptations have changed our reading of the original text. There are many references to the literary text and screenplays and the book also features quotations from directors, critics and others linked with the chosen film and text. |
Contributor Bio(s): Palmer, R. Barton: - R. Barton Palmer is Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature and Director of Film Studies at Clemson University, US. He is the author, editor, or general editor of more than forty books devoted to various literary and cinematic subjects, including Hollywood's Tennessee: The Williams Films and Postwar America, Screen Adaptation Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird: The Relationship between Text and Film, Joel and Ethan Coen. He is also the editor of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American Fiction on Screen.Cartmell, Deborah: - 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. |