Screening the Novel: The Theory and Practice of Literary Dramatization

by Robert Giddings and Keith Selby

Book Overview

The book takes as its theme the relationship between literature and the contemporary means of production and distribution collectively termed 'the media' - in particular, film and television. The intention of the book is to explore and evaluate the mutual opportunities and restrictions in this relationship. In the grammar of our culture there seems to be an accepted opinion that print is superior in terms of cultural production to film, radio or television,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333457935
• ISBN13: 9780333457931
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: MacMillan
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"