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Beyond Adaptation
Essays on Radical Transformations of Original Works
Edited by Phyllis Frus and Christy Williams
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Some film and novel revisions go so far beyond adaptation that they demand a new designation. This critical collection explores movies, plays, essays, comics and video games that supersede adaptation to radically transform their original sources. Fifteen essays investigate a variety of texts that rework everything from literary classics to popular children’s books, demonstrating how these new, stand-alone creations critically engage their sources and contexts. Particular attention is paid to parody, intertextuality, and fairy-tale transformations in the examination of these works, which occupy a unique narrative and creative space.
About the authors:
Phyllis Frus is an associate professor of English and chair of the English department at Hawai‘i Pacific University.
Christy Williams is an instructor of English at Hawai‘i Pacific University and a doctoral candidate at the University of Hawai‘i. She lives in Honolulu.
Press Reviews:
"intriguing…an energetic, bold, well-documented survey…recommended"—Choice.
See the publisher website: McFarland & Co
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