William Farina

Screening Charles Dickens

A Survey of Film and Television Adaptations

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Highlights the most popular adaptations of each Charles Dickens book, spanning from the films of the silent era through the 21st century. The survey also includes a critical examination that compares the adaptations to the original texts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 243
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9781476685670
• ISBN-10: 1476685673
• Artikelnr.: 66205986

Autorenporträt

William Farina has written books on Arthurian legend, early Christianity, the American Civil War, Shakespeare and baseball. He lives in Chicago and works as a real estate consultant for the federal government.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1.
The Pickwick Papers (1836-1837) 2.
Oliver Twist (1837-1838) 3.
Nicholas Nickleby (1838-1839) 4.
The Old Curiosity Shop (1840-1841) 5.
Barnaby Rudge (1840-1841) 6.
A Christmas Carol (1843) 7.
Martin Chuzzlewit (1842-1844) 8.
Other Christmas Novellas (1844-1848) 9.
Dombey and Son (1846-1848) 10.
David Copperfield (1849-1850) 11.
Bleak House (1852-1853) 12.
Hard Times (1854) 13.
Little Dorrit (1855-1857) 14.
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) 15.
Travelogues (1842-1863) 16.
Great Expectations (1860-1861) 17.
Our Mutual Friend (1864-1865) 18.
Later Short Stories (1859-1866) 19.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870) 20.
Biographical and Apocryphal Summary Filmography Chapter Notes Select Bibliography Index