Classics in Film and Fiction

Deborah Cartmell is a Professor in English Literature at De Montfort University.I.Q. Hunter is the Professor of Film Studies at De Montfort University. His books include, The Routledge Companion to British Cinema History (Routledge, 2017) and Alien Identities (Pluto Press, 1999).Heidi Kaye is the former Senior Lecturer in English and Women's Studies at De Montfort University. She is the author of many feminist studies. Her books include, Classics in Film and Fiction (Pluto Press, 2000) and Alien Identities (Pluto Press, 1999).Imelda Whelehan is a Research Professor in English and Gender Studies. Her books include, Classics in Film and Fiction (Pluto Press, 2000), The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen (CUP, 2007) and Ageing, Popular Culture and Contemporary Feminism (Palgrave, 2014).

'An essential volume for readers interested in the theory and practice of film adaptation and canon formation'

• Introduction: Classics across the film/literature divide by Heidi Kaye and Imelda Whelehan1. ‘If Only You Could See What I’ve Seen with Your Eyes’: Bladerunner and Symphonie Pastorale by Nick Peim2. Classic Shakespeare for All: Forbidden Planet and Prospero's Books, Two Screen Adaptations of The Tempest by Sara Martin3. The Red and the Blue: Jane Eyre in the Nineties by Lisa Hopkins4. Transcultural Aesthetics and the Film Adaptations of Henry James by Martin Halliwell5. ‘Hystorical’ Puritanism: Contemporary Cinematic Adaptations of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible by Sergio Rizzo6. Mrs Dalloway and Orlando: The Subject of Time and Generic Transactions by Lesley Higgins and Marie-Christine Leps7. ‘Desire Projected Itself Visually’: Watching Death in Venice by Stuart Burrows8. Leopold Bloom Walks and Jimmy Stewart Stares: On Motion, Genre, and the Classic by Kay Young9. Trial and Error: Combinatory Fidelity in Two Versions of Franz Kafka's The Trial by Paul M. Malone10. In Cold Blood: Yellow Birds, New Realism and Killer Culture by Paul Wells11. Home by Tea-time: Fear of Imagination in Disney’s Alice in Wonderland by Deborah RossNotes on ContributorsIndex