Cultural Afterlives and Screen Adaptations of Classic Literature
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Cultural Afterlives and Screen Adaptations of Classic Literature

Wuthering Heights and Company

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Cultural Afterlives and Screen Adaptations of Classic Literature

Wuthering Heights and Company

About this book

Film and television adaptations of classic literature have held a longstanding appeal for audiences, an appeal that this book sets out to examine. With a particular focus on Wuthering Heights, the book examines adaptations made from the 1930s to the twenty-first century, providing an understanding of how they help shape our cultural landscape.

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Yes, you can access Cultural Afterlives and Screen Adaptations of Classic Literature by H. Shachar in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Media & Performing Arts & Film History & Criticism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction: The Screen Afterlife of Wuthering Heights
  10. 1 Before the Afterlife: Analysing Wuthering Heights
  11. 2 The Cinema of Spectacle: Establishing the Wuthering Heights Tradition on the Eve of Hollywood’s Golden Era
  12. 3 Moving Backward, Looking Forward: Jacques Rivette’s Hurlevent
  13. 4 Wuthering Heights in the 1990s: Peter Kosminsky’s Ambitious Narrative
  14. 5 Catherine and Heathcliff for the Y Generation: MTV’s Modernisation of Wuthering Heights
  15. 6 Critical Legacies and Contemporary Audiences: The Politics of Neo-Victorianism in ITV’s 2009 Adaptation of Wuthering Heights
  16. Afterword: Myths and Demystification
  17. Appendix: Wuthering Heights Screen Adaptations
  18. Notes
  19. Select Bibliography
  20. Index