Seeing Hardy : film and television adaptations of the fiction of Thomas Hardy / by Paul J. Niemeyer.

Author/creator Niemeyer, Paul J., 1966-
Format Book
Publication InfoJefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2003.
Descriptionviii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928--Television adaptations.
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928--Film adaptations.
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928--Fictional works.
Film adaptations--History and criticism.

Contents Filming Hardy. "Strange business" : Thomas Hardy, the cinema, and the critics ; What you see is more than what you get : the problem of adapting Hardy to film -- Filmed Hardy. Far from the madding crowd : how Schlesinger contained the uncontainable ; Tess by Hardy, Tess by Polanski : convergence and fulfillment ; Hardy's Jude the obscure and Winterbottom's Jude : coherence and codification -- Hardy in other forms. The lesser known Hardy adaptations : The Woodlanders, The scarlet tunic, and The claim ; "Moments of television", or, Thomas Hardy is brought to you by -- Postscript : Hardy on the horizon -- Appendix A: The "lost" Hardy adaptations, 1913-1953 -- Appendix B: Film adaptations of Hardy, 1967-2000 -- Appendix C: Television adaptations of Hardy's works.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 289-292) and index.
LCCN 2002152177
ISBN0786414294 (softcover : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PR4757.F55 N54 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold