The Classic Novel: From Page To Screen

by Erica Sheen (Editor)

This book critically examines the long established tradition of adapting classic novels to film or TV screen.. An emerging area of interest - the relationship between film and literature and the way cinema and television have translated classic novels into moving pictures from the 30s to the 90s.. A wide-ranging but focused collection that is bang up to date and free of media jargon that looks at both the film and the book.. Includes discussion The English Patient, Pride and Prejudice and Middlemarch, Pickwick Papers, Dracula, Dickens, Conrad, Hardy and Waugh.

Genres: Nonfiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published May 5, 2000

Reviews

[kosa]

don't remove diacritics when referring to the original title of a polish film, especially in an academic text, thank you very much

[Tyas · Rating 2 out of 5]

So far, I've read two essays:

The first one is a very interesting essay about Bram Stoker's Dracula. We think we know a lot about the book, but we don't. For instance, Dracula's 'trademark' high collars are actually a theatrical trick for scenes when Dracula must disappear from the stage. And although in the novel Dracula seldom appears and there are a lot of outdoor settings, on stage there are many scenes happen during the night, and in indoor - hence Dracula's night clothes and opera cloak.

I've also read the essay about Brideshead Revisited, but it feels a bit more like a rambling of a great fan. Maybe I need to re-read it.

[Ayu Palar · Rating 2 out of 5]

I put too much expectation on this book. I wanted to write an essay about adaptation, so I thought reading this book would give me some help. Yet I didn't find it. Some essays are good, yet the essay of Brideshead Revisited is more like a fan boy's rambling to me. Other essays just compare the novel and the film. I believe talking about adaptation is more than that.