Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-392) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: American cinema and American literatures -- 1895-1915: The attraction of adaptation -- 1915-27: American exotics -- 1927-39: Novel impressions -- 1939-51: Invisible adaptation -- 1951-67: Weaponized best sellers -- 1967-75: Counterculture classics -- 1975-89: Screening the silenced -- 1989-2007: Adapt or die -- 2007-18: Entertainment for me.
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