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The essays in this collection analyse major film adaptations of twentieth-century American fiction, from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Last Tycoon to Toni Morrison's Beloved. During the century, films based on American literature came to play a central role in the history of the American cinema. Combining cinematic and literary approaches, this volume explores the adaptation process from conception through production and reception. The contributors explore the ways political and historical contexts have shaped the transfer from book to screen, and the new perspectives that films bring to literary works. In particular, they examine how the twentieth-century literary modes of realism, modernism, and postmodernism have influenced the forms of modern cinema. Written in a lively and accessible style, the book includes production stills and full filmographies. Together with its companion volume on nineteenth-century fiction, the volume offers a comprehensive account of the rich tradition of American literature on screen.

American fiction --- Motion pictures and literature --- Roman américain --- Cinéma et littérature --- Film and video adaptations --- Adaptations cinématographiques et télévisées --- Film adaptations --- Film adaptations. --- History and criticism. --- Roman américain --- Cinéma et littérature --- Adaptations cinématographiques et télévisées --- American literature --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature

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"An excellent example of literary criticism, as each of the fourteen essays is well-researched and scholarly but with a touch of humor."--Film & History. "Few scholarly works excite sufficient demand to require a second edition within three yours of the first publication, but this collection of essays on Austen and Hollywood has attracted an audience far beyond academe."--Eighteenth Century Current Bibliography. "It is good to know that serious study of Austen's stature as a cultural icon for different reading publics is beginning."--Times Literary Supplement. "Such a book was sure to follow the Austen explosion and we welcome it."--Literature/Film Quarterly. "This book has something for both the Austen scholar and the Austen enthusiast."--Booklist. "[These articles] are engaging and sure to spark discussion"--Library Journal. In 1995 and 1996 six film or television adaptations of Jane Austen's novels were produced -- an unprecedented number. More amazing, all were critical and/or box office successes. What accounts for this explosion of interest? Much of the appeal of these films lies in our nostalgic desire at the end of the millennium for an age of greater politeness and sexual reticence. Austen's ridicule of deceit and pretentiousness also appeals to our fin de siecle sensibilities. The novels were changed, however, to enhance their appeal to a wide popular audience, and the revisions reveal much about our own culture and its values. These recent productions espouse explicitly twentieth-century feminist notions and reshape the Austenian hero to make him conform to modern expectations. Linda Troost and Sayre Greenfield present fourteen essays examining the phenomenon of Jane Austen as cultural icon, providing thoughtful and sympathetic insights on the films through a variety of critical approaches. The contributors debate whether these productions enhance or undercut the subtle feminism that Austen promoted in her novels. From Persuasion to Pride and Prejudice, from the three Emmas (including Clueless) to Sense and Sensibility, these films succeed because they flatter our intelligence and education. And they have as much to tell us about ourselves as they do about the world of Jane Austen. This second edition includes a new chapter on the recent film version of Mansfield Park.

Women in motion pictures. --- Film adaptations --- English fiction --- Motion pictures --- History and criticism. --- Austen, Jane, --- Ao-ssu-ting, --- Ao-ssu-ting, Chien, --- Aosiding, --- Aosiding, Jian, --- Āsṭin̲, Jēn̲, --- Austenová, Jane, --- Osten, Dzheĭn, --- Ostin, Dzhein, --- Lady, --- Author of Sense and Sensibility, --- Остен, Джейн, --- Остен, Джейм, --- אוסטן, ג׳יין --- אוסטן, ג׳יין, --- أوستن، جين، --- Film and video adaptations. --- England --- Angleterre --- Anglii︠a︡ --- Inghilterra --- Engeland --- Inglaterra --- Anglija --- England and Wales --- In motion pictures. --- Roman anglais --- Cinéma --- Femmes au cinéma --- Adaptations cinématographiques et télévisées --- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) --- Angleterre au cinéma --- Angleterre au cinéma. --- Aufsatzsammlung. --- Engels. --- Femmes au cinéma. --- Film adaptations. --- Motion pictures. --- Roman. --- Romans. --- Verfilmingen. --- Verfilmung. --- Adaptations cinématographiques et télévisées. --- Andrae, A. --- Austen, Jane. --- England. --- Women in motion pictures --- Cinéma --- --Littérature --- --Austen, Jane, --- Film and video adaptations --- In motion pictures --- Littérature --- Austen, Jane, - 1775-1817 - Film and video adaptations --- England - In motion pictures --- Austen, Jane, - 1775-1817