| Adaptation Revisited: Television and the Classic Novel Student Edition Contributor(s): Cardwell, Sarah (Author) |
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ISBN: 071906046X ISBN-13: 9780719060465 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2002 Annotation: The classic novel adaptation has long been regarded as a staple of "quality" television. "Adaptation Revisited" offers a critical reappraisal of this prolific and popular genre, as well as bringing new material into the broader field of Television Studies. The first part of the book surveys the more traditional discourses about adaptation, unearthing the unspoken assumptions and common misconceptions that underlie them. In the second half of the book, the author examines four major British serials: "Brideshead Revisited," "Pride and Prejudice," "Moll Flanders," and "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Television - History & Criticism - Literary Criticism - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 808.225 |
| LCCN: 2002032562 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.65 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Offers a critical reappraisal of a prolific and popular genre, as well as bringing new material into the broader field of Television Studies. Surveys the traditional discourses about adaptation, unearthing the unspoken assumptions and common misconceptions that underlie them and explores the problems inherent in previous approaches, developing an original perspective that considers the particularly televisual nature of this genre. Examines four major British serials: 'Brideshead Revisited', 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Moll Flanders', and 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' revealing the genre's importance in constituting and moderating our understanding of the past and of television itself. The first sustained and coherent book on the subject in almost a decade. |