The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen

Deborah Cartmell is Principal Lecturer, Subject Leader of English and Head of the Graduate School at De Montfort University, Leicester. Imelda Whelehan is Professor in English and Women's Studies and Faculty Head of Research at De Montfort University, Leicester.

"endeavors to change readers' notions of film adapatations as inferior to their literary counterparts...Summing up: Recommended." -J.C. Tibbetts, University of Kansas, Choice

• Introduction: Literature on screen: a synoptic view Deborah Cartmell and Imelda Whelehan; Part I. Theories of Literature on Screen: 1. Reading film and literature Brian McFarlane; 2. Literature on screen, a history: in the gap Timothy Corrigan; Part II. History and Contexts: 3. Gospel narratives on silent film Judith Buchanan; 4. William Shakespeare, filmmaker Douglas Lanier; 5. The nineteenth-century novel on film: Jane Austen Linda V. Troost; 6. Modernism and adaptation Martin Halliwell; 7. Postmodern adaptation: pastiche, intertextuality and re-functioning Peter Brooker; Part III. Genre, Industry, Taste: 8. Heritage and literature on screen: Heimat and heritage Eckart Voigts-Virchow; 9. 'Don't let's ask for the moon!': reading and viewing the woman's film Imelda Whelehan; 10. Post-classical fantasy cinema: The Lord of the Rings I. Q. Hunter; 11. Adapting children's literature Deborah Cartmell; 12. Literature on the small screen: television adaptations Sarah Cardwell; Part IV. Beyond the 'Literary': 13. Classic literature and animation: all adaptations are equal, but some are more equal than others Paul Wells; 14. High fidelity? Music in screen adaptations Annette Davison; 15. From screen to text: novelisation, the hidden continent Jan Baetens; 16. A practical understanding of literature on screen: two conversations with Andrew Davies Deborah Cartmell and Imelda Whelehan.