Lost Horizon Companion : A Guide to the James Hilton Novel and Its Characters, Critical Reception, Film Adaptations and Place in Popular Culture

Hammond, John R.

McFarland & Co Inc（2007/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 211 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786432387
• DDC分類 823.912

Full Description

This comprehensive reference guide introduces James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon for contemporary students and general readers. The opening section provides a summary of Hilton's life and describes his circumstances at the time of writing the novel. This is followed with a chapter-by-chapter summary of the plot, a glossary of words and phrases which may be helpful to twenty-first century readers, and an alphabetically arranged guide to the novel's characters. In addition, the author examines the initial critical reception of the book, its publishing history, and the success of its major film adaptations in separate chapters. Several appendices provide recommended questions for discussion and Hilton's original preface to Lost Horizon.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     

Preface     

1. The Author     

2. Content     

3. Glossary     

4. Key to the Characters     

5. Reception     

6. Texts     

7. Contexts     

8. Narrative Art     

9. Ideas     

10. Film Versions and Other Adaptations     

11. Lost Horizon and the Modern World     

Appendix 1: Questions for Discussion     

Appendix 2: Hilton's Preface to Lost Horizon     

Appendix 3: The James Hilton Circle     

Appendix 4: A Lost Horizon Chronology     

Chapter Notes     

Bibliography of Secondary Works     

Bibliography of Hilton's Works     

Index