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There is no disputing that the coming of sound heralded a new era for adaptations. We take it for granted today that a film is enhanced by sound but it was not a view unanimously held in the early period of sound cinema. While there was a substantial degree of skepticism in the late 1920s and early 30s about the advantages of sound, what we would call technophobia today, the inclusion of speech in screen versions of literary and theatrical works, undeniably revised what it was to be an adaptation: words. Focusing on the promotional materials for Adaptations in the Sound Era Deborah Cartmell tracks early attempts to promote sound and the elevation of words in adaptations in the early sound period. The popular appeal of these films clearly stands in opposition to academic regard for them and the book accurately reflects on the presence and marketing of 'words' in a variety of adaptations from the introduction of sound to the mid 1930s. This book contextualizes a range of adaptations in relation to debates about 'picturizations' of books in the early sound era, including the reactions to the talking adaptation by writers such as F.R. Leavis, Irwin Panofsky, Aldous Huxley and Graham Greene. Film adaptations of Shakespeare, Dickens, gothic fiction and biopics are also discussed in relation to their use and promotion of sound or, more precisely, words.

Sound in motion pictures. --- Sound motion pictures. --- Literature --- Film adaptations --- Motion pictures --- Son au cinéma --- Films sonores --- Littérature --- Adaptations cinématographiques --- Cinéma --- Adaptations --- History and criticism. --- History --- Aesthetics. --- Histoire et critique --- Histoire --- Esthétique --- Son au cinéma --- Littérature --- Adaptations cinématographiques --- Cinéma --- Esthétique

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791.43:82 --- #SBIB:309H1324 --- #SBIB:AANKOOP --- Film en literatuur --- Films met een amusementsfunctie en/of esthetische functie: film en literatuur --- 791.43:82 Film en literatuur

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This is a comprehensive collection of original essays that explore the aesthetics, economics, and mechanics of movie adaptation, from the days of silent cinema to contemporary franchise phenomena. Featuring a range of theoretical approaches, and chapters on the historical, ideological and economic aspects of adaptation, the volume reflects today's acceptance of intertextuality as a vital and progressive cultural force.* Incorporates new research in adaptation studies* Features a chapter on the Harry Potter franchise, as well as other contemporary perspectives* Showcases work by leading Shakespeare adaptation scholars* Explores fascinating topics such as 'unfilmable' texts* Includes detailed considerations of Ian McEwan's Atonement and Conrad's Heart of Darkness.

Film adaptations --- Television adaptations --- English literature --- American literature --- Motion pictures and literature. --- Television and literature --- Adaptations cinématographiques --- Adaptations télévisées --- Littérature anglaise --- Littérature américaine --- Cinéma et littérature --- Télévision et littérature --- History and criticism. --- Adaptations. --- Adaptations --- Histoire et critique --- Hitoire et critique --- Motion pictures and literature --- 82:791.43 --- Literature and television --- Literature --- Literature and motion pictures --- Moving-pictures and literature --- Agrarians (Group of writers) --- 82:791.43 Literatuur en film --- Literatuur en film --- History and criticism --- Cinéma et littérature. --- Télévision et littérature. --- Television and literature. --- Adaptations cinématographiques. --- Adaptations télévisées. --- Cinéma et littérature. --- Télévision et littérature.

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"Tracks and reflects on the presence and marketing of 'words' in the early sound era, from adaptations of Shakespeare and 19th Century novels, to biopics."--

Film adaptations --- Literature --- Motion pictures --- Sound in motion pictures. --- Sound motion pictures. --- History and criticism. --- Adaptations --- Aesthetics. --- History --- Moving-pictures, Talking --- Talkies --- Talking motion pictures --- Aesthetics --- Belles-lettres --- Western literature (Western countries) --- World literature --- Philology --- Authors --- Authorship

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This Companion offers a multi-disciplinary approach to literature on film and television. Writers are drawn from different backgrounds to consider broad topics, such as the issue of adaptation from novels and plays to the screen, canonical and popular literature, fantasy, genre and adaptations for children. There are also case studies, such as Shakespeare, Jane Austen, the nineteenth-century novel and modernism, which allow the reader to place adaptations of the work of writers within a wider context. An interview with Andrew Davies, whose work includes Pride and Prejudice (1995) and Bleak House (2005), reveals the practical choices and challenges that face the professional writer and adaptor. The Companion as a whole provides an extensive survey of an increasingly popular field of study.

Film adaptations --- Adaptations cinématographiques --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- 82:791.43 --- Literatuur en film --- 82:791.43 Literatuur en film --- Adaptations cinématographiques --- Literature --- Film --- Iconography --- History and criticism --- Music, Dance, Drama & Film