The cinematic Jane Austen
Subtitle: essays on the filmic sensibility of the novels
By: David Monaghan, Ariane Hudelet, and John Wiltshire.
Contributors: Hudelet, Ariane, 1975-; Wiltshire, John.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9780786435067
Subjects: Austen, Jane, -- 1775-1817 -- Film and video adaptations; Film adaptations -- History and criticism; English literature -- History and criticism
Description: "The novels of Jane Austen are typified by their comedic power, often demonstrated by the voice of their narrators. Yet what makes them arresting can also produce an unsatisfactory transformation to cinema, where the voice of a narrator becomes obtrusive. Each author examines Austen's texts for their inherent cinematic features, analyzing the use of these features in films"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Jane Austen, adaptation and the cinematic novel: theoretical considerations / David Monaghan; title: Jane Austen: sight and sound / John Wiltshire; title: By candlelight: Jane Austen, technology and the heritage Film / John Wiltshire; title: Beyond words, beyond images: Jane Austen and the art of Mise-en-scène / Ariane Hudelet; title: Deciphering appearances in Jane Austen's novels and films / Ariane Hudelet; title: Mr. Darcy's smile / John Wiltshire; title: Reinventing Fanny Price: Patricia Rozema's thoroughly modern Mansfeld Park / David Monaghan; title: "A cheerful confidence in futurity": the movement motif in Austen's novel and Dear/Michell's film adaptation of Persuasion / David Monaghan; title: The construction of a myth: the "cinematic Jane Austen" as a cross-cultural icon / Ariane Hudelet; title: Afterword: on fidelity / John Wiltshire.