Title: Cultural afterlives and screen adaptations of classic literature : "Wuthering Heights" and company /
Authors: Shachar, Hila.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Brontë, Emily,; Brontë, Emily, Film adaptations.; Film adaptations History and criticism; Motion pictures and literature.; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.; Film adaptations; Film: styles & genres.; Literary studies: general.; Motion pictures and literature; Performing Arts.
Abstract: "Film and television adaptations of classic literature have held a longstanding appeal for audiences, an appeal that this book sets out to examine. With a particular focus on Wuthering Heights, the book examines adaptations made from the 1930s to the twenty-first century, providing an understanding of how they help shape our cultural landscape"--
Contents: Introduction: the screen afterlife of Wuthering Heights -- Before the afterlife: analysing Wuthering Heights -- The Cinema of spectacle: establishing the Wuthering Heights tradition on the eve of Hollywood's golden era -- Moving backward, looking forward: Jacques Rivette's Hurlevent -- Wuthering Heights in the 1990s: Peter Kosminsky's ambitious narrative -- Catherine and Heathcliff for the Y Generation: MTV's modernisation of Wuthering Heights -- Critical legacies and contemporary audiences: the politics of Neo-Victorianism in ITV's 2009 adaptation of Wuthering Heights -- Afterword: myths and demystification.