Adaptation, Intermediality and the British Celebrity Biopic

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de Márta Minier et Maddalena Pennacchia

Type: Studies
Sujet: Genre > Historical films
Mots Clés: biopics, historical films, Great Britain
Année d'édition: 2014
Editeur: Routledge
Langue: anglais

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Hardcover • 248 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches (16 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4094-6126-5

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Description de l'ouvrage:
Beginning with the premise that the biopic is a form of adaptation and an example of intermediality, this collection examines the multiplicity of 'source texts' and the convergence of different media in this genre, alongside the concurrent issues of fidelity and authenticity that accompany this form. The contributors focus on big and small screen biopics of British celebrities from the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries, attending to their myth-making and myth-breaking potential. Related topics are the contemporary British biopic's participation in the production and consumption of celebrated lives, and the biopic's generic fluidity and hybridity as evidenced in its relationship to such forms as the bio-docudrama. Offering case studies of film biographies of literary and cultural icons, including Elizabeth I, Elizabeth II, Diana Princess of Wales, John Lennon, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Beau Brummel, Carrington and Beatrix Potter, the essays address how British identity and heritage are interrogated in the (re)telling and showing of these lives, and how the reimagining of famous lives for the screen is influenced by recent processes of manufacturing celebrity.

À propos des auteurs :
Marta Minier is Lecturer in Drama at the University of South Wales, UK, and Maddalena Pennacchia is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Roma Tre University, Italy.

Revue de Presse:
'The triple focus on adaptation, intermediality, and celebrity studies (and its contact areas) makes for a coherent and productive combination of methodological approaches - perfectly illustrated in the interdisciplinary introduction to the volume - to look at contemporary (mostly 2000s) developments in a genre that has become a staple in British cinema and television.' Adaptation

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