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ADAPTATION AND APPROPRIATION Fromtheapparentlysimpleadaptationofatextintofilm,theatreoranew literary work, to the more complex appropriation of style or meaning, it is arguablethatalltextsaresomehowconnectedtoanetworkofexistingtexts andartforms.InthisneweditionAdaptationandAppropriationexplores: (cid:1) multipledefinitions andpracticesofadaptation andappropriation (cid:1) theculturalandaesthetic politicsbehind theimpulsetoadapt (cid:1) theglobalandlocaldimensionsofadaptation (cid:1) the impact of new digital technologies on ideas of making, originality andcustomization (cid:1) diverse ways in which contemporary literature, theatre, television and filmadapt,revise andreimagineotherworksofart (cid:1) the impact on adaptation and appropriation of theoretical move- ments, including structuralism, post-structuralism, postcolonialism, postmodernism,feminism andgenderstudies (cid:1) theappropriationacrosstimeandacrossculturesofspecificcanonical texts,byShakespeare,Dickensandothers,butalsoofliteraryarchetypes such as myth or fairy tale. Ranging across genres and harnessing concepts from fields as diverse as musicologyandthe naturalsciences,thisvolume bringsclaritytothecom- plex debates aroundadaptationand appropriation,offeringa much-needed resourceforthosestudyingliterature,film,mediaorculture. JulieSandersisProfessorofEnglishandPro-Vice-ChancellorforHumanities andSocialSciencesatNewcastleUniversity,UK. THE NEW CRITICAL IDIOM SERIESEDITOR:JOHNDRAKAKIS, UNIVERSITY OFSTIRLING TheNewCriticalIdiomisaninvaluableseriesofintroductoryguidestotoday’scritical terminology.Eachbook: (cid:1) providesahandy,explanatoryguidetotheuse(andabuse)oftheterm; (cid:1) offersanoriginalanddistinctiveoverviewbyaleadingliteraryandculturalcritic; (cid:1) relatesthetermtothelargerfieldofculturalrepresentation. With a strong emphasis on clarity, lively debate and the widest possible breadth of examples,TheNewCriticalIdiomisanindispensableapproachtokeytopicsinliterary studies. 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Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilised inanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownor hereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformation storageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers. Trademarknotice:Productorcorporatenamesmaybetrademarksorregistered trademarks,andareusedonlyforidentificationandexplanationwithoutintentto infringe. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Sanders,Julie,1968- Adaptationandappropriation/JulieSanders.--2ndedition. pagescm Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. 1.Literature--Adaptations.I.Title. PN171.A33S262015 801--dc23 2015023188 ISBN:978-1-138-82898-8(hbk) ISBN:978-1-138-82899-5(pbk) ISBN:978-1-315-73794-2(ebk) TypesetinTimesNewRoman byTaylor&FrancisBooks For Gaynor Macfarlane, again, still, always. This page intentionally left blank C ONTENTS Series editor’s preface xi Acknowledgements xii Introduction: Going on (and on) 1 PARTI Defining terms 19 1 What is adaptation? 21 2 What is appropriation? 35 PARTII Literary archetypes 55 3 ‘Here’s a strange alteration’: Shakespearean appropriations 57 4 ‘It’s a very old story’: Myth and metamorphosis 80 5 ‘Other versions’ of fairy tale and folklore 105 PARTIII Alternative perspectives 121 6 Constructing alternative points of view 123 7 ‘We “other Victorians”’: Or, rethinking the nineteenth century 151 8 Stretching history: Or, appropriating the facts 176
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