Screening Modern Irish Fiction and Drama (1st ed. 2016) (Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture)

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Synopsis
This book offers the first comprehensive discussion of the relationship between Modern Irish Literature and the Irish cinema, with twelve chapters written by experts in the field that deal with principal films, authors, and directors. This survey outlines the influence of screen adaptation of important texts from the national literature on the construction of an Irish cinema, many of whose films because of cultural constraints were produced and exhibited outside the country until very recently. Authors discussed include George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Liam O’Flaherty, Christy Brown, Edna O’Brien, James Joyce, and Brian Friel. The films analysed in this volume include THE QUIET MAN, THE INFORMER, MAJOR BARBARA, THE GIRL WITH GREEN EYES, MY LEFT FOOT, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, THE SNAPPER, and DANCING AT LUGHNASA. The introduction features a detailed discussion of the cultural and political questions raised by the promotion of forms of national identity by Ireland’s literary and cinematic establishments.
Copyright:
2016

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9783319409283
Related ISBNs:
9783319409276
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
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Copyrighted By:
R. Barton Palmer, Marc C. Conner
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts, Politics and Government
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
R. Barton Palmer
Edited by:
Marc C. Conner

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