Patricia Highsmith on Screen 2018 Edition Contributor(s): Schwanebeck, Wieland (Editor), McFarland, Douglas (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3319960490 ISBN-13: 9783319960494 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - General - Literary Criticism | American - General - Performing Arts | Television - General |
Dewey: 791.43 |
Series: Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 8.4" (1.40 lbs) 294 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book is the first full-length study to focus on the various film adaptations of Patricia Highsmith's novels, which have been a popular source for adaptation since Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train (1952). The collection of essays examines films such as The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Two Faces of January, and Carol, includes interviews with Highsmith adaptors and provides a comprehensive filmography of all existing Highsmith adaptations. Particular attention is paid to queer subtexts, mythological underpinnings, philosophical questioning, contrasting media environments and formal conventions in diverse generic contexts. Produced over the space of seventy years, these adaptations reflect broad cultural and material shifts in film production and critical approaches to film studies. The book is thus not only of interest to Highsmith admirers but to anyone interested in adaptation and transatlantic film history. |