D.H. Lawrence on screen
Subtitle: re-visioning prose style in the films of The rocking-horse winner, Sons and lovers, and Women in love
By: Jane Jaffe Young.
Series: Literature and the visual arts ;; vol. 12
Publisher: Peter Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Lawrence, D. H. 1885-1930 -- Film and video adaptations; Lawrence, D. H. 1885-1930 -- Literary style; English fiction -- Film and video adaptations; Film adaptations -- History and criticism; English language -- Style
Description: This study focuses on three highly acclaimed film adaptations of Lawrence's novels and short stories - Anthony Pelissier's haunting The Rocking-Horse Winner (1949). Jerry Wald's pictorially stunning Sons and Lovers (1960), and Ken Russell's daring Women in Love (1970). The author pinpoints in depth and detail how each filmmaker attempted (not always successfully) to replicate visually and aurally those elements of prose that produce the quintessentially Lawrentian style.

A book for both specialists and general readers, D. H. Lawrence on Screen demonstrates just how crucial the cinematic translation of a writer's distinctive style is to the excellence of a film adaptation of his or her work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-342) and index.
Filmography: p. [317]-318.