Hitchcock and Adaptation: On the Page and Screen
Mark Osteen
(Editor)
Description
This collection of essays examines the various Hitchcock films that were adapted from other sources (short stories, play, and novels). Some of these essays focus on the director's collaboration with such notable writers as John Steinbeck (Lifeboat), Thornton Wilder (Shadow of a Doubt), and Raymond Chandler (Strangers on a Train), proving not only that Hitchcock knew good writing when he read it, but that he was quite eager to exploit the cultural capital that these writers represented. Other essays discuss to what extent he was faithful (or not) to the source materials, his relationship with screenwriters/adaptors such as Joseph Stefano (Psycho), and what role his wife, Alma Reville played in the development of several screenplays.Product Details
Price
$96.00
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publish Date
March 14, 2014
Pages
352
Dimensions
6.1 X 9.1 X 1.1 inches | 1.4 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781442230873
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About the Author
Mark Osteen is chair of the English Department and cofounder of the Film Studies Program at Loyola University Maryland. He has published dozens of articles on film, music, and modern literature and is the author or editor of ten books, including One of Us: A Family's Life with Autism (2010) and Nightmare Alley: Film Noir and the American Dream (2013).
Reviews
Osteen's collection should certainly interest the Hitchcock scholar (and anyone else that enjoys scholarly essays on film). Casual fans will also find a lot of interesting information. . . .A large percentage of the essays focus on Hitchcock's film work, and it is here that the book blossoms into life. The essays offer many factual details to support the scholarly analysis, which makes the sometimes overreaching conclusions more digestible to the average reader. These factual details are what will interest many of the director's fans. . . .If any of this sounds appealing, this book should be worth picking up.
In Hitchcock & Adaptation: On the Page and Screen, Mark Osteen has curated a number of essays that open up this crucial piece of Hitchcock's directorial methodology and detail his creative approach that inspired his film masterpieces. . . . Readers of this compilation are in for a captivating read concerning the enduring thematic and stylistic relevancy of Hitchcock (conceptually speaking, not the Hitchcock) in adaptation film study today. . . .To put it simply, Osteen's collection of essays is incredibly valuable to film and literary scholars as the collection covers a great deal of Hitchcock's cinematic history in a manner that uncovers the complex relationship between Hitchcock and adaptation.
In Hitchcock & Adaptation: On the Page and Screen, Mark Osteen has curated a number of essays that open up this crucial piece of Hitchcock's directorial methodology and detail his creative approach that inspired his film masterpieces. . . . Readers of this compilation are in for a captivating read concerning the enduring thematic and stylistic relevancy of Hitchcock (conceptually speaking, not the Hitchcock) in adaptation film study today. . . .To put it simply, Osteen's collection of essays is incredibly valuable to film and literary scholars as the collection covers a great deal of Hitchcock's cinematic history in a manner that uncovers the complex relationship between Hitchcock and adaptation.
