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Adaptation Revisited
Sarah Cardwell
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Description for Adaptation Revisited
Paperback. Offering a critical reappraisal of a prolific and popular genre, this text also brings new material into the broader field of television studies. It surveys the traditional discourses about adaptation, unearthing assumptions and misconceptions, and explores the problems of previous approaches. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, colour. BIC Classification: 2AB; APT; DSK; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719060465
SKU
V9780719060465
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About Sarah Cardwell
Sarah Cardwell is Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of Kent at Canterbury -- .
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