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- catalog abstract ""It wasn't as good as the book;" this is the response to many a film adaptation, and even the starting point of many film reviews. This book offers a systematic theoretical account of the process by which the great (and not so great) works of literature are transformed into the good, bad (sometimes ugly), but always distinctive medium of cinema. Drawing on recent literary and film theory, McFarlane provides careful analysis of the theory and practice of metamorphosis. The Scarlet Letter, Random Harvest, Great Expectations, Daisy Miller, and Cape Fear provide case studies for a range of fictional and cinematic practices.".
- catalog contributor b9637270.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description ""It wasn't as good as the book;" this is the response to many a film adaptation, and even the starting point of many film reviews. This book offers a systematic theoretical account of the process by which the great (and not so great) works of literature are transformed into the good, bad (sometimes ugly), but always distinctive medium of cinema. Drawing on recent literary and film theory, McFarlane provides careful analysis of the theory and practice of metamorphosis. The Scarlet Letter, Random Harvest, Great Expectations, Daisy Miller, and Cape Fear provide case studies for a range of fictional and cinematic practices.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Part I: Backgrounds, issues, and a new agenda -- Part II: The case studies. The Scarlet Letter (1926). Random Harvest (1942). Great Expectations (1946). Daisy Miller (1974). Cape Fear (1991) -- Conclusion.".
- catalog extent "viii, 279 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0198711506 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0198711514".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "791.43 20".
- catalog subject "Film adaptations History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Film adaptations.".
- catalog subject "PN1997.85 .M338 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part I: Backgrounds, issues, and a new agenda -- Part II: The case studies. The Scarlet Letter (1926). Random Harvest (1942). Great Expectations (1946). Daisy Miller (1974). Cape Fear (1991) -- Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Novel to film : an introduction to the theory of adaptation / Brian McFarlane.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".