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42-6390 PN1997 2004-11846 MARC Stam, Robert. Literature through film: realism, magic, and the art of adaptation. Blackwell Publishing, 2005. 388p bibl index ISBN 140510287X, $64.95; ISBN 1405102888 pbk, $29.95
42-639Oa PN1997 2004-15927 CIP Literature and film: a guide to the theory and practice of film adaptation, ed. by Robert Stam and Alessandra Raengo. Blackwell Publishing, 2005. 359pbibl index afp ISBN 0631230556 pbk, $29.95
42-639Ob PN1995 2004-17778 CIP A Companion to literature and film, ed. by Robert Stam and Alessandra Raengo. Blackwell Publishing, 2004. 463p bibl index afp (Blackwell companions in cultural studies, 7) ISBN 063123053X, $124.95
With these books, Stam (assisted by graduate student Allesandra Raengo) and numerous contributors offer a new take on adapting literature to film, with the clear intent of colonizing the field. The approach seems incomplete, however, since they ignore drama and Shakespeare. Literature through Film...