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Title:

Twentieth-century American fiction on screen / edited by R. Barton Palmer.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xii, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Film adaptations--History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century--Film and video adaptations.
Motion pictures and literature--United States.
Romans.
Verfilmingen.
Verenigde Staten.

Other Authors:

Palmer, R. Barton, 1946-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography.

Contents:

Filming the spiritual landscape of James Jones's The Thin Red Line / R. Barton Palmer. Texts behind The Killers / Thomas Leitch -- Day of the Locust : 1939 and 1975 / Christopher Ames -- Ship of Fools : from novel to film / Robert H. Brinkmeyer, Jr. -- Intruder in the Dust and the southern community / Mark Royden Winchell -- Dramatizing The Member of the Wedding / McKay Jenkins -- Film and narration : two versions of Lolita / Robert Stam -- World War II through the lens of Vietnam : adapting Slaughterhouse-Five to film / William Rodney Allen -- John Huston's Wise Blood / Matthew Bernstein -- Genre and authorship in David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch / Steffen Hantke -- Screening Raymond Carver : Robert Altman's Short Cuts / Robert Kolker -- Color Purple : translating the African-American novel for Hollywood / Allen Woll -- Specter of history : filming memory in Beloved / Marc C. Conner -- Filming the spiritual landscape of James Jones's The Thin Red Line / R. Barton Palmer.

ISBN:

0521542308 (pbk.)
9780521542302 (pbk.)
0521834449
9780521834445

LCCN:

2007296776

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)