Literature, Film, and Their Hideous Progeny
Adaptation and ElasTEXTity
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Film, History & Criticism, Performing Arts
| Author: | Julie Grossman | ISBN: | 9781137399021 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | September 1, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Julie Grossman |
| ISBN: | 9781137399021 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | September 1, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book posits adaptations as 'hideous progeny,' Mary Shelley's term for her novel, Frankenstein . Like Shelley's novel and her fictional Creature, adaptations that may first be seen as monstrous in fact compel us to shift our perspective on known literary or film works and the cultures that gave rise to them.
This book posits adaptations as 'hideous progeny,' Mary Shelley's term for her novel, Frankenstein . Like Shelley's novel and her fictional Creature, adaptations that may first be seen as monstrous in fact compel us to shift our perspective on known literary or film works and the cultures that gave rise to them.
