The Art of Adapting Victorian Literature, 1848-1920: Dramatizing Jane Eyre, David Copperfield, and The Woman in White
Author:   Karen E. Laird
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367880095


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   12 December 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Karen E. Laird
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367880095


ISBN 10:   0367880091
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   12 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Upstairs, downstairs: Jane Eyre's transatlantic theatrical debut. Adapting melodramatically: Jane Eyre of the silent screen. Adapting the seduction plot: David Copperfield on the Victorian stage. The posthumous Dickens: David Copperfield on screen. Adapting the sensation plot: The Woman in White on the Victorian stage. Sensational modernity: The Woman in White on the American screen. Works cited.

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Karen E. Laird has taught courses in Victorian literature and film history at the University of Colorado, the University of Missouri, Stephens College, and the University of Salford. She has published articles on literary adaptation in such journals as Women’s Writing, Nineteenth-Century Contexts, and Literature/Film Quarterly. Karen lives and writes in Manchester, England.

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