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Cultural afterlives and screen adaptations of classic literature : Wuthering Heights and company

Title
Cultural afterlives and screen adaptations of classic literature : Wuthering Heights and company / Hila Shachar.
Author
Shachar, Hila.
Publication
Basingstoke [etc.] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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Description
xi, 228 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
"Film and television adaptations of classic literature have held a longstanding appeal for audiences, an appeal that this book sets out to examine. With a particular focus on Wuthering Heights, the book examines adaptations made from the 1930s to the twenty-first century, providing an understanding of how they help shape our cultural landscape"--
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-220) and index.
Contents
Introduction: the screen afterlife of Wuthering Heights -- Before the afterlife: analysing Wuthering Heights -- The Cinema of spectacle: establishing the Wuthering Heights tradition on the eve of Hollywood's golden era -- Moving backward, looking forward: Jacques Rivette's Hurlevent -- Wuthering Heights in the 1990s: Peter Kosminsky's ambitious narrative -- Catherine and Heathcliff for the Y Generation: MTV's modernisation of Wuthering Heights -- Critical legacies and contemporary audiences: the politics of Neo-Victorianism in ITV's 2009 adaptation of Wuthering Heights -- Afterword: myths and demystification.
Call Number
MFL 13-172
ISBN
  • 9780230294042 (hardback)
  • 0230294049 (hardback)
LCCN
  • 2012023566
  • 40021397568
OCLC
785873630
Author
Shachar, Hila.
Title
Cultural afterlives and screen adaptations of classic literature : Wuthering Heights and company / Hila Shachar.
Imprint
Basingstoke [etc.] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-220) and index.
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40021397568
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MFL 13-172
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