映画化されたアメリカ文学の歴史 The History of American Literature on Film (The History of World Literatures on Film)

Leitch, Thomas

Bloomsbury Academic USA（2019/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 464 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781628923735
• DDC分類 791.436

Full Description

From William Dickson's Rip Van Winkle films (1896) to Baz Luhrmann's big-budget production of The Great Gatsby (2013) and beyond, cinematic adaptations of American literature participate in a rich and fascinating history. Unlike previous studies of American literature and film, which emphasize particular authors like Edith Wharton and Nathaniel Hawthorne, particular texts like Moby-Dick, particular literary periods like the American Renaissance, or particular genres like the novel, this volume considers the multiple functions of filmed American literature as a cinematic genre in its own right—one that reflects the specific political and aesthetic priorities of different national and historical cinemas even as it plays a decisive role in defining American literature for a global audience.

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: American Cinema and American Literatures

Chapter 1. 1895-1915: The Attraction of Adaptation
Chapter 2. 1915-1927: American Exotics
Chapter 3. 1927-1939: Novel Impressions
Chapter 4. 1939-1951: Invisible Adaptation
Chapter 5. 1951-1967: Weaponized Bestsellers
Chapter 6. 1967-1975: Counterculture Classics
Chapter 7. 1975-1989: Screening the Silenced
Chapter 8. 1989-2007: Adapt or Die
Chapter 9.2007-2018: Entertainment for Me

Bibliography
Index