Seeing Hardy : film and television adaptations of the fiction of Thomas Hardy / by Paul J. Niemeyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niemeyer, Paul J., 1966-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928--Film adaptations.

Hardy, Thomas.

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928--Fictional works.

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.

Film adaptations--History and criticism.

Film adaptations.

Genre:

Film adaptations.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

viii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2003]

Summary:

General audiences often encounter "great authors" on film and television, thanks to numerous adaptations of their best-known works. Thomas Hardy is one great author whose work has inspired filmmakers from the silent age to the present. Part One of this book analyzes the popular image of Hardy and his work, the reproduction of this image in film adaptations, and critical stereotypes about him and his fiction. Part Two considers Schlesinger's Far from the Madding Crowd, Polanski's Tess, and Winterbottom's Jude against the Hardy novels. Each discussion of novel and adaptation looks at the novel itself, the critical history of the novel, how it has been adapted to film, and how the filmmaker has struggled with problems inherent in Hardy's fiction. Part Three analyzes lesser known adaptations of The Woodlanders, The Scarlet Tunic, and The Claim, and four television movies and miniseries that were based on Hardy's work. An appendix lists "lost" adaptations from 1913 through 1953.

Contents:

Filming Hardy. "Strange business" : Thomas Hardy, the cinema, and the critics ; What you see is more than what you get : the problem of adapting Hardy to film

Filmed Hardy. Far from the madding crowd : how Schlesinger contained the uncontainable ; Tess by Hardy, Tess by Polanski : convergence and fulfillment ; Hardy's Jude the obscure and Winterbottom's Jude : coherence and codification

Hardy in other forms. The lesser known Hardy adaptations : The Woodlanders, The scarlet tunic, and The claim ; "Moments of television", or, Thomas Hardy is brought to you by

Postscript : Hardy on the horizon

Appendix A: The "lost" Hardy adaptations, 1913-1953

Appendix B: Film adaptations of Hardy, 1967-2000

Appendix C: Television adaptations of Hardy's works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-292) and index.

ISBN:

0786414294

OCLC:

50906169