{"product_id":"comics-and-adaptation-paperback-softback-9781496828187","title":"Comics and Adaptation (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496828187","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eComics and Adaptation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBenoît Mitaine (Edited by), David Roche (Edited by), Isabelle Schmitt-Pitiot (Edited by), Aarnoud Rommens (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496828187\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 March 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e246 pages, 35 black \u0026amp; white illustrations, 1 table\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.365 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA timely and useful collection which challenges some of the presuppositions of adaptation studies . . . \u003ci\u003eComics and Adaptation\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome addition to the work on both comics and adaptation and is valuable reading for scholars in either area. The volume certainly succeeds in encouraging research on the topic (and perhaps even the existence of adaptation) through the way it convinces readers to approach adaptation and specifically comics and adaptation with an open mind, to see the creative opportunities. The editors’ theoretically broad introduction to \u003ci\u003eComics and Adaptation\u003c\/i\u003e does not augur well for typical fan com readers, but in elevating comics beyond mere illustration it does set up the framework for the scholarly essays that engage how adaptations of comic and graphic novels transcend their literary sources. The editors cogently argue for the legitimacy of studying comics through the filter of adaptation studies. The international coterie of academic contributors they have gathered explore pertinent concepts from polyphony, hypertextuality, orality, shattering figuration, transposition, and dissolution of forms to captions and speech balloons in contrasting the sources and extensions of graphic comics. Among the works treated are \u003ci\u003e120, rue de la Gare\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSin City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWatchmen\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFritz the Cat\u003c\/i\u003e. The volume is divided into two parts: the first examines adaptation from the page to the panel, and the second explores it from the panel to the screen and back again, with vividly illustrated, framed images. In particular, Mitaine’s essay on the adaptation of Guy du Maupassant’s classic short story ‘Le Horla’ stands as an exemplar of these fascinating studies, all of them translated into lucid English for the benefit of Anglophone readers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContributions by Jan Baetens, Alain Boillat, Philippe Bourdier, Laura Cecilia Caraballo, Thomas Faye, Pierre Floquet, Jean-Paul Gabilliet, Christophe Gelly, Nicolas Labarre, Benoît Mitaine, David Roche, Isabelle Schmitt-Pitiot, Dick Tomasovic, and Shannon Wells-Lassagne\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth comics studies and adaptation studies have grown separately over the past twenty years. Yet there are few in-depth studies of comic books and adaptations together. Available for the first time in English, this collection pores over the phenomenon of comic books and adaptation, sifting through comics as both sources and results of adaptation. Essays shed light on the many ways adaptation studies inform research on comic books and content adapted from them. Contributors concentrate on fidelity to the source materials, comparative analysis, forms of media, adaptation and myth, adaptation and intertextuality, as well as adaptation and ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter an introduction that assesses adaptation studies as a framework, the book examines comics adaptations of literary texts as more than just illustrations of their sources. Essayists then focus on adaptations of comics, often from a transmedia perspective. Case studies analyze both famous and lesser-known American, Belgian, French, Italian, and Spanish comics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEssays investigate specific works, such as Robert Louis Stevenson's \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\u003c\/i\u003e, the Castilian epic poem \u003ci\u003ePoema de Mio Cid\u003c\/i\u003e, Ray Bradbury's \u003ci\u003eMartian Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e, French comics artist Jacques Tardi's adaptation \u003ci\u003e120, rue de la Gare\u003c\/i\u003e, and Frank Miller's \u003ci\u003eSin City\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to Marvel Comics' blockbusters, topics include various uses of adaptation, comic book adaptations of literary texts, narrative deconstruction of performance and comic book art, and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600364564760,"sku":"9781496828187","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/comics-and-adaptation-paperback-softback-9781496828187","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}