A Companion to Literature, Film and Adaptation

"Well-written, suggestively arranged in a series of sixsections, A Companion to Literature, Film and Adaptation providesan invaluable resource for anyone interested in debates about thepast, present and future of adaptation studies, and why thediscipline represents an important advance in the field ofinterdisciplinary learning ... Cartmell's collectioncovers just about every area imaginable within adaptation studies,whether historical, theoretical or otherwise ... [It] is a farcry from those collections that simply compare source with targettexts; it encompasses comic-books, songs, silent cinema as well asmore canonical texts and their cinematic variants. There issomething for everyone in this volume." ( Post Script ,2014)

"Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduatesand above." ( Choice , 1 November 2013)

" A Companion to Literature, Film and Adaptation is open toanybody interested in learning more about the process oftranslating the printed page into film. Many popular productions onthe big and small screen are referenced, such as Anonymous (2011) and Emma (2009), so readers do not need to knowBarthes from Bazin to find the Companion both informative andaccessible." ( Reference Reviews , 27 April 2013)

"Although written by and for academics, and containing a lot of media jargon, the Companion to Literature, Film and Adaptation is open to anybody interested in learning more about the process of translating the printed page into film. Many popular productions on the big and small screen are referenced, such as Anonymous (2011) and Emma (2009), so readers do not need to know Barthes from Bazin to find the Companion both informative and accessible." ( Reference Reviews , 27 April 2013)