Literature and film: a guide to the theory and practice of film adaptation

List of Illustrations. Notes on Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgments. Introductory Essay: The Theory and Practice of Adaptation: Robert Stam. 1. Improvements and Reparations at Mansfield Park: Tim Watson (Princeton University). 2. Keeping the Carcass in Motion: Adaptation and Transmutations of the National in The Last of the Mohicans: Jacquelyn Kilpatrick (California State University, Channel Islands). 3. The Discreet Charm of the Leisure Class: Terence Daviesa s The House of Mirth: Richard Porton (Cineaste magazine). 4. In Search of Adaptation: Proust and Film: Melissa Anderson (CUNY Graduate Center). 5. The Grapes of Wrath: Thematic Emphasis through Visual Style: Vivian C. Sobchack (UCLA). 6. Cape Fear and Trembling: Familial Dread: Kirsten Thompson (Wayne State University). 7. The Carnival of Repression: German Left Wing Politics and The Lost Honor of Katarina Blum: Alexandra Seibel (New York University). 8. Serial Time: Bluebeard in Stepford: Bliss Cua Lim (University of California, Irvine). 9. Boyz 'N the Hood Chronotope: Spike Lee, Richard Price, and the Changing Authorship of Clockers: Paula J. Massood (Brooklyn College, CUNY). 10. Defusing The English Patient: Patrick Deer (New York University). 11. Carnivals and Goldfish: History and Crisis in The Butcher Boy: Jessica Scarlata (New York University). 12. Mild Revisionism, Failed Revolts: Esquivela s and Araua s Like Water for Chocolate, A Retrospective View: Dianna C. Niebylski (University of Kentucky). 13. Beloved: The Adaptation of an American Slave Narrative: Mia Mask (New York University). 14. Oral Traditions, Literature and Cinema in Africa: Mbye Cham (Howard University). 15. Memory and History in the Politics of Adaptation: Revisiting the Partition of India in Tamas: Ranjani Mazundar (Jamia Millia Islamia). 16. The Written Scene: Writers as Figures of Cinematic Redemption: Paul Arthur (Montclair State University). Index