Title: Adapted from the Original
Description: "This collection of new essays examines the various criteria by which degrees of greatness (or not-so) are constructed--whether by personal, political or social standards--through topics in cinema, literature and adaptation. The contributors recognize how issues of value vary across different cultures, and explore what those differences say about cultural attitudes and beliefs"--
Subjects: Essays, Literature, Adaptations, History and criticism, Film adaptations, Arts and society