Screen Adaptations

<p>Literature and film studies students will find plenty of material<br/>to support their courses and essay writing on how the film versions<br/>provide different readings of the original text.</p><br/><p>Focussing on numerous film versions from Percy Stow's 1908 adaptation to Peter Greenaway's <i>Prospero's Books</i> <br/>the book discusses: the literary text in its historical context key<br/>themes and dominant readings of the text how the text is adapted for<br/>screen and how adaptations have changed our reading of the original<br/>text. There are numerous excerpts from the literary text screenplays<br/>and shooting scripts with suggestions for comparison. The book also<br/>features quotations from authors screenwriters directors critics and<br/>others linked with the chosen film and text. </p>