Film and Literature: An Introduction and Reader

By Timothy Corrigan

Book Overview

The Routledge new edition of this classic book functions as an accessible introduction to the historical and theoretical exchanges between film and literature and also includes the key critical... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0135265428
• ISBN13: 9780135265420
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

An Engaging Intro to "Film and Literature"

In the preface to his book FILM AND LITERATURE, Timothy Corrigan notes the "enormous scope" of the topic. Wisely, he subtitles the book "An Introduction and Reader." Part I, "Film and Literature in the Crosscurrents of History," comprises eight brief and lively chapters, beginning with the silent era of theatrical depictions to the adaptations of novels. Among the problematic adaptations dicussed are The Grapes of Wrath, The Shining, and Lolita. Part II, "Critical Borders and Boundaries: Analytical Categories for Film and Literature" introduces basic concepts in Film and Literary Studies. Part III, "Major Documents and Debates," more than two-thirds of the book, is an anthology of essays on cinema excerpted from the writings of influential scholars such as Walter Benjamin, Sergei Eisenstein, Andre Bazin, George Bluestone, and Kristin Thompson. The book makes very engaging reading. -- C J Singh