TY - BOOK ID - 103570789 TI - The history of American literature on film PY - 2021 SN - 9781501390753 9781628923735 1501390759 PB - New York: Bloomsbury, DB - UniCat KW - American literature KW - Motion pictures and literature KW - Film adaptations KW - History. KW - Littérature américaine KW - Cinéma et littérature KW - Adaptations cinématographiques. KW - Motion pictures UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:103570789 AB - 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. ER -