Cultural afterlives and screen adaptations of classic literature : "Wuthering Heights" and company / Hila Shachar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shachar, Hila.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848. Wuthering Heights.

Brontë, Emily.

Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848--Film adaptations.

Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848.

Film adaptations--History and criticism.

Film adaptations.

Motion pictures and literature.

Genre:

Film adaptations.

Physical Description:

xi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [etc.] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

"Film and television adaptations of classic literature have held a longstanding appeal for audiences, an appeal that this book sets out to examine. With a particular focus on Wuthering Heights, the book examines adaptations made from the 1930s to the twenty-first century, providing an understanding of how they help shape our cultural landscape"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: the screen afterlife of Wuthering Heights

Before the afterlife: analysing Wuthering Heights

The Cinema of spectacle: establishing the Wuthering Heights tradition on the eve of Hollywood's golden era

Moving backward, looking forward: Jacques Rivette's Hurlevent

Wuthering Heights in the 1990s: Peter Kosminsky's ambitious narrative

Catherine and Heathcliff for the Y Generation: MTV's modernisation of Wuthering Heights

Critical legacies and contemporary audiences: the politics of Neo-Victorianism in ITV's 2009 adaptation of Wuthering Heights

Afterword: myths and demystification.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-220) and index.

ISBN:

9780230294042

0230294049

OCLC:

785873630

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