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.
- | Author: Thomas Leitch
- | Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
- | Publication Date: Jun 13, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 464 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1628923733
- | ISBN-13: 9781628923735
