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Essays
Leslie Stratyner, James R. Keller
ISBN: 9780786430574
Format: Paperback
Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
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This work examines fantasy fiction, literal and figurative in fantastic film adaptation. Essays focus on movies and transformation and literal translation from text to film in the Lord of the Rings series, The Chronicles of Narnia, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Howl's Moving Castle, Finding Neverland, The Wizard of Oz and the Broadway adaptation Wicked, and Practical Magic"--Provided by publisher.
This work examines the symbolism of fantasy fiction, literal and figurative representation in fantastic film adaptations, and the imaginative differences between page and screen. Essays focus on movies adapted from various types of fantasy fiction - novels, short stories and graphic novels - and study the transformation and literal translation from text to film in the "Lord of the Rings" series, "The Chronicles of Narnia", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Howl's Moving Castle", "Finding Neverland", "The Wizard of Oz and the Broadway Adaptation Wicked", and "Practical Magic".
| ISBN | 0786430575 | | Pages | 197 | | ISBN13 | 9780786430574
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | McFarland & Co Inc | | Weight (grammes) | 281 | | Imprint | McFarland & Co Inc | | Published in | Jefferson, NC | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 228 | | Publication date | 15 Sep 2007 | | Width (mm) | 160 | | Library of Congress | 2007026172 | | Spine width (mm) | 12 | | DEWEY | 791.4375 | | Academic level | Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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| | | Introduction : fantasy fiction into film by Leslie Stratyner and James Keller | | 1 | | | | Three rings for Hollywood : scripts for The lord of the rings by Zimmerman, Boorman, and Beagle by Janet Brennan Croft | | 7 | | | | I don't think we're in Kansas anymore : Peter Jackson's film interpretations of Tolkien's Lord of the rings by Gwendolyn A. Morgan | | 21 | | | | "'Tree and flower, leaf and grass' : the grammar of Middle-Earth in The lord of the rings" by Robin Anne Reid | | 35 | | | | "My brothers, I see in your eyes the same fear" : the transformation of class relations in Peter Jackson's Lord of the rings trilogy by Sharon D. McCoy | | 55 | | | | The lion, the witch, and the war scenes : how Narnia went from allegory to action flick by Megan Stoner | | 73 | | | | The lion, the witch and the multiplex by Paul Tankard | | 80 | | | | Buckets of money : Tim Burton's new Charlie and the chocolate factory by Elizabeth Parsons | | 93 | | | | Charlie's evolving moral universe : filmic interpretations of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the chocolate factory by June Pulliam | | 103 | | | | The Americanization of Mary : contesting cultural narratives in Disney's Mary Poppins by Donald Levin | | 115 | | | | Animating the fantastic : Hayao Miyazaki's adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones's Howl's moving castle by Matt Kimmich | | 124 | | | | From book to film : the implications of the transformation of The Polar Express by Eric Sterling | | 140 | | | | From Peter Pan to Finding Neverland : a visual biomythography of James M. Barrie by Sarah E. Maier | | 150 | | | | From witch to wicked : a mutable and transformational sign by Jessica Zebrine Gray | | 163 | | | | From private practice to public coven(ant) : Alice Hoffman's Practical magic and its Hollywood transformation by Kathy Davis Patterson | | 178 |
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