Synopses & Reviews
An up-to-date illustrated survey of the important films based on, or inspired by, nineteenth-century American fiction.
Synopsis
The fourteen essays collected here provide an up-to-date survey of the important films based on, or inspired by, nineteenth-century American fiction. Together with its companion volume to twentieth-century fiction, the volume offers a comprehensive account of the rich tradition of American literature on screen.
About the Author
R. Barton Palmer is Calhoun Lemon Professor of English at Clemson University, South Carolina.
Table of Contents
Introduction R. Barton Palmer; 1. A very American fable: the making of a Mohicans adaptation Martin Barker and Roger Sabin; 2. Romancing the letter: screening a Hawthorne classic Michael Dunne; 3. The movies in the rue Morgue: adapting Edgar Allan Poe for the screen Paul Woolf; 4. Re-adapting Uncle Tom's Cabin Stephen Railton; 5. Screening authorship: Little Women on screen 1933 1994 Deborah Cartmell and Judy Simons; 6. Screening Melville's Moby-Dick David Lavery; 7. Screening male sentimental power in Ben-Hur Marcia Pentz-Harris, Linda Seger and R. Barton Palmer; 8. John Huston's The Red Badge of Courage Jakob Lothe; 9. Translating Daisy Miller Douglas McFarland; 10. Jane Campion's The Portrait of a Lady Harriet Margolis and Janet Hughes; 11. The Europeans - and the Americans Brian McFarlane; 12. Sister Carrie becomes Carrie Stephen Brennan; 13. Hollywood and The Sea Wolf Tony Williams; 14. Screening Owen Wister's The Virginian R. Barton Palmer; Filmographies; Index.