| Adapting Nineteenth-Century France: Literature in Film, Theatre, Television, Radio and Print Contributor(s): Watts, Andrew (Author), Griffiths, Kate (Author) |
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ISBN: 1783163089 ISBN-13: 9781783163083 Publisher: University of Wales Press OUR PRICE: $49.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2015 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France - Social Science | Media Studies - History | Modern - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 840.900 |
| Series: University of Wales Press - French and Francophone Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.60 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Arguing that we need to reconceptualize the study of adaptations, Andrew Watts and Kate Griffiths examine six canonical French novelists and the recreations of their works in a variety of media. Rather than viewing the works of Balzac, Hugo, Flaubert, Zola, Maupassant, and Verne as authentic original versions to be defended from the impurities of adapting hands, the authors demonstrate that these originals are themselves fashioned from the adapted voices of a host of earlier artists, moments, and media. Analyzing reworkings of canonical literary texts across time and media to emphasize the ways adaptations cast new light on source texts, "Adapting Nineteenth-Century France" reveals the complexities of both nineteenth-century and contemporary notions of originality and authorial borrowing." |