TY - BOOK ID - 25507737 TI - The history of British literature on film, 1895-2015 AU - Semenza, Gregory M. Colón AU - Hasenfratz, Robert J PY - 2015 SN - 9781501329852 9781623560430 9781623561154 9781623561871 1623561159 1623560438 9781501304460 1501304461 1623561876 1501329855 PB - New York : Bloomsbury Academic, DB - UniCat KW - Film KW - English literature KW - anno 2000-2009 KW - anno 1900-1999 KW - anno 1800-1899 KW - anno 2010-2019 KW - PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / General. KW - Littérature britannique KW - Littérature britannique KW - Motion pictures and literature KW - British literature KW - Film adaptations. KW - Motion pictures and literature. KW - Motion pictures KW - Cinéma et littérature KW - Adaptations cinématographiques KW - Cinéma KW - Film adaptations KW - History. KW - Histoire KW - Music, Dance, Drama & Film KW - Cinema KW - Feature films KW - Films KW - Movies KW - Moving-pictures KW - Audio-visual materials KW - Mass media KW - Performing arts KW - Adaptations, Film KW - Books, Filmed KW - Filmed books KW - Films from books KW - Literature KW - Motion picture adaptations KW - Literature and motion pictures KW - Moving-pictures and literature KW - History KW - History and criticism KW - Adaptations UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:25507737 AB - From The Death of Nancy Sykes (1897) to The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) and beyond, cinematic adaptations of British literature participate in a complex and fascinating history. The History of British Literature on Film, 1895-2015 is the only comprehensive narration of cinema's 100-year-old love affair with British literature. Unlike previous studies of literature and film, which tend to privilege particular authors such as Shakespeare and Jane Austen, or particular texts such as Frankenstein, or particular literary periods such as Medieval, this volume considers the multiple functions of filmed British literature as a cinematic subject in its own right-one reflecting the specific political and aesthetic priorities of different national and historical cinemas. In what ways has the British literary canon authorized and influenced the history and aesthetics of film, and in what ways has filmed British literature both affirmed and challenged the very idea of literary canonicity? Seeking to answer these and other key questions, this indispensable study shows how these adaptations emerged from and continue to shape the social, artistic, and commercial aspects of film history. ER -