The Cambridge companion to literature on screen / edited by Deborah Cartmell and Imelda Whelehan. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. - xi, 273 p. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge companions to literature . - Cambridge companions to literature. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-261) and index.

Notes on contributors -- Introduction : Literature onscreen : a synoptic view / Theories of literature on screen -- Reading film and literature / Literature on screen, a history : in the gap / History and contexts -- Gospel narratives on silent film / William Shakespeare, filmmaker / nineteenth-century novel on film : Jane Austen / Modernism and adaptation / Postmodern adaptation : pastiche, intertextuality and re-functioning / Genre, industry, taste -- Heritage and literature on screen : Heimat and heritage / 'Don't let's ask for the moon!' : reading and viewing the woman's film / Post-classical fantasy cinema : The lord of the rings / Adapting children's literature / Literature on the small screen : television adaptations / Deborah Cartmell Imelda Whelehan -- Brian McFarlane -- Timothy Corrigan -- Judith Buchanan -- Douglas Lanier -- Linda V. Troost -- Martin Halliwell -- Peter Brooker -- Echart Voigts-Virchow -- Imelda Whelehan -- I.Q. Hunter -- Deborah Cartmell -- Sarah Cardwell -- and pt. 1. 1. 2. pt. 2. 3, 4. 5. The 6. 7. pt. 3. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Beyond the 'literary" -- Classic literature and animation : all adaptations are equal, but some are more equal than others / High fidelity? : music in screen adaptations / From screen to text : novelization, the hidden continent / practical understanding of literature on screen : two conversations with Andrew Davies / Further reading -- Index. Paul Wells -- Annette Davison -- Jan Baetens -- Deborah Cartmell Imelda Whelehan -- pt. 4. 13. 14. 15. 16. A and

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