Adaptations

<p><em>Adaptations</em> considers the theoretical and practical difficulties surrounding the translation of a text into film and the reverse process; the novelisation of films. Through three sets of case studies the contributors examine the key debates surrounding adaptations: whether screen versions of literary classics can be faithful to the text; if something as capsulated as Jane Austens irony can even be captured on film; whether costume dramas always of their own time and do adaptations remake their parent text to reflect contemporary ideas and concerns.<br>Tracing the complex alterations which texts experience between different media <em>Adaptations</em> is a unique exploration of the relationship between text and film.</p>