The essays collected in this book focus on the multi-faceted relationship between German/Austrian literature and the cinema screen. Scholars from Ireland, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Portugal, USA and Canada present critical readings of a wide range of transpositions of German-language texts to film, while also considering the impact of cinema on German literature, exploring intertextualities as well as intermedialities. The forum of discussion thus created encompasses cinematic narratives based on ...
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The essays collected in this book focus on the multi-faceted relationship between German/Austrian literature and the cinema screen. Scholars from Ireland, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Portugal, USA and Canada present critical readings of a wide range of transpositions of German-language texts to film, while also considering the impact of cinema on German literature, exploring intertextualities as well as intermedialities. The forum of discussion thus created encompasses cinematic narratives based on Goethe's Faust , Kleist's Marquise of O ..., Kubrick's film version of Schnitzler's Dream Story and Caroline Link's Oscar-winning adaptation of Stefanie Zweig's novel Nowhere in Africa . The wide-ranging analyses of the complex interaction between literature and film presented here focus on literary works by Anna Seghers, Hans-Magnus Enzensberger, Nicola Rhon, G???nter Grass, Heinrich B???ll, Elfriede Jelinek, Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, Erich Hackl, Thomas Brussig, Sven Regener, Frank Goosen and Robert Schneider, as well as on adaptations by filmmakers such as Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Max Mack, Josef von Sternberg, Max W. Kimmich, Fred Zinnemann, Paul Wegener, Alexander Kluge, Volker Schl???ndorff, Hansj???rgen Pohland, Hendrik Handloegten, Michael Haneke, Christoph Stark, Karin Brandauer, Joseph Vilsmaier, Leander Hau???mann and Doris D???rrie.
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Amsterdam/New York: Editions Rodopi. (2007). Gr. 8°. (23, 1 x 16 cm). 383 p. (English Language). Original boards (hard cover) with title to spine and illustrated title to front cover. Boards with minimal signs of use. Short private name entry inside, otherwise well preserved. Generally in good to very good condition. (= Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik: Band 63). pp. 383 p. (English Language)
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Book. Octavo, 383 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's orange cloth bearing off-white lettering to the spine. Boards have very mild wear with minor edge wear. Text block has light age toning to the edges. Frontispiece. Minor marginalia. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column F, ND-F. 1378166. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Good with No dust jacket as issued. 9042022841. Bumped corners, otherwise text clean and solid; no dust jacket; Amsterdamer Beitrage Zur Neueren Germanistik, 63, 2007; 1.26 x 8.9 x 6.14 Inches; 384 pages.
