Traditional critics of film adaptation generally assumed a) that the written text is better than the film adaptation because the plot is more intricate and the

From David Lean's big screen Great Expectations to Alejandro Amenábar's reinvention of The Turn of the Screw as The Others, adaptations of literary classics ar

Traditional critics of film adaptation generally assumed a) that the written text is better than the film adaptation because the plot is more intricate and the

A Theory of Adaptation explores the continuous development of creative adaptation, and argues that the practice of adapting is central to the story-telling imag

This volume introduces ways to use film to ease the difficulty of introducing complex literary theories to students. By coupling works of literature with attend