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Nineteenth Century Women at the Movies - Adapting Women's Fiction to Film (Hardcover, illustrated Edition): Barbara Tepa... Nineteenth Century Women at the Movies - Adapting Women's Fiction to Film (Hardcover, illustrated Edition)
Barbara Tepa Lupack
R1,784 Discovery Miles 17 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Even in Hollywood's world of blockbusters and special effects, there continues to be interest in "quieter" adaptations based on the works of writers of other eras, especially the classic novels of nineteenth-century women. Those novels emphasize strong female protagonists, fine language, and sensitivity to social nuances. This volume's twelve essays offer critical insights not only into the visions of the novelist and the filmmaker but also into contemporary cultural concerns. The adaptations of novels by eight popular writers are analyzied: Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Ouida, and George Eliot.

Being There in the Age of Trump (Hardcover): Barbara Tepa Lupack Being There in the Age of Trump (Hardcover)
Barbara Tepa Lupack
R2,412 Discovery Miles 24 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Jerzy Kosinski's Being There (published in 1970 and adapted to film in 1979) was prescient in its vision of a simple man without discernible talent or political experience whose knowledge of the world comes almost exclusively from television. Yet his very shallowness establishes him as a TV celebrity and propels him to the pinnacle of American government. Both an incisive satire and a clarion call to resist the collectivizing force of the media that influences American life and shapes, distorts, and ultimately corrupts politics and culture, Being There offered a trenchant comment on the nature of "being" in the modern world of power. And it critiqued the tendency of Americans to seek mindless distraction rather than engagement and to find profundity in banal slogans and slick visuals. Issued a half century ago, Kosinski's warning not to let hollow imagery trump our good sense and become our new reality is even more urgent today. The first book-length examination of Kosinski in more than a decade, Being There in the Age of Trump goes beyond conventional literary and film analysis to a larger interdisciplinary and cultural study of a work still timely and popular.

Adapting the Arthurian Legends for Children - Essays on Arthurian Juvenilia (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st... Adapting the Arthurian Legends for Children - Essays on Arthurian Juvenilia (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004)
Barbara Tepa Lupack
R1,469 Discovery Miles 14 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For centuries, the Arthurian legends have fascinated and inspired countless writers, artists, and readers, many of whom first became acquainted with the story as youngsters. From the numerous retellings of Malory and versions of Tennyson for young people to the host of illustrated volumes to which the Arthurian Revival gave rise. From the Arthurian youth groups for boys (and eventually for girls) run by schools and churches to the school operas, theater pieces, and other entertainment for younger audiences; and from the Arthurian juvenile fiction sequences and series to the films and television shows featuring Arthurian characters, children have learned about the world of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

Ivar Kreuger and Jeanne de la Motte - Two Plays by Jerzy W. Tepa (Paperback): Barbara Tepa Lupack Ivar Kreuger and Jeanne de la Motte - Two Plays by Jerzy W. Tepa (Paperback)
Barbara Tepa Lupack
R1,500 Discovery Miles 15 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The 1930s were a period of triumph and turmoil in Poland, yet the decade saw the production of a number of exceptional dramatic works. Some dramatists of the period, among them Jerzy Tepa, are not well-known today because many of their plays were lost, or presumed to be lost, during the war years. However, the recent rediscoveries of Tepa's Ivar Kreuger and Jeanne de la Motte allow a fascinating glimpse into a rich and vital period of Polish literary culture unfamiliar to most English readers and scholars. This book not only introduces Tepa and his work to new readers but also demonstrates why he was one of the leading voices of the Polish interwar era.

Richard E. Norman and Race Filmmaking (Paperback): Barbara Tepa Lupack Richard E. Norman and Race Filmmaking (Paperback)
Barbara Tepa Lupack; Foreword by Michael T. Martin
R746 R683 Discovery Miles 6 830 Save R63 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the early 1900s, so-called race filmmakers set out to produce black-oriented pictures to counteract the racist caricatures that had dominated cinema from its inception. Richard E. Norman, a southern-born white filmmaker, was one such pioneer. From humble beginnings as a roving "home talent" filmmaker, recreating photoplays that starred local citizens, Norman would go on to produce high-quality feature-length race pictures. Together with his better-known contemporaries Oscar Micheaux and Noble and George Johnson, Richard E. Norman helped to define early race filmmaking. Making use of unique archival resources, including Norman's personal and professional correspondence, detailed distribution records, and newly discovered original shooting scripts, this book offers a vibrant portrait of race in early cinema.

King Arthur in America (Paperback): Alan Lupack, Barbara Tepa Lupack King Arthur in America (Paperback)
Alan Lupack, Barbara Tepa Lupack
R1,117 Discovery Miles 11 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The first full-length study to focus exclusively on American reinterpretations of the Arthurian legends. The Arthurian legends have had an immense and enduring appeal in America, influencing both America's own mythologies and its literature, film, social history, and popular culture. This is the first full-length study to focus exclusively on American re-interpretations of Arthuriana, and it offers detailed treatments of major authors traditionally associated with the legends, including Mark Twain, Edwin Arlington Robinson, T.S. Eliot, and John Steinbeck; italso explores the important use of Arthurian material by authors not usually considered in an Arthurian context, and by lesser-known writers. Among the topics addressed in the chronological survey are the beginnings of American Arthurian literature and the different reactions to Tennyson; satire and parody; the moralising of knighthood and the development of a body of didactic literature for children; and the reinterpretations of Arthurian tradition in theworks of contemporary writers such as Walker Percy and John Updike. A concluding chapter analyses Arthurian themes in American popular fiction and film and demonstrates the extent to which the Arthurian tradition has influenced American popular culture. The volume is completed with a comprehensive bibliography. ALAN LUPACK is Curator of the Rossell Hope Robbins Library at the University of Rochester; BARBARA TEPA LUPACKis former AcademicDean at SUNY and Fulbright Professor of American Literature in Poland and France.

New Directions in Arthurian Studies (Hardcover): Alan Lupack New Directions in Arthurian Studies (Hardcover)
Alan Lupack; Contributions by Barbara Tepa Lupack, Bonnie Wheeler, David Staines, Derek S. Brewer, …
R2,229 Discovery Miles 22 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Eleven essays bring Arthurian studies into the 21st century, including film and black popular culture. Eleven essays by leading Arthurians lead off with an overview of the field suggesting directions that Arthurian studies must take to remain vital. Other essays contain innovative approaches, overviews of specific areas of Arthurian studies, and suggestions for new ways to approach Arthurian material; they range over Malory, Latin Arthurian literature, Gawain and the Green Knight, Merlin in the twenty-first century, Tennyson's Idylls, Arthur in African-American culture, current trends in criticism, Arthurian fiction, and Arthurian film. Contributors: ROBERT BLANCH, DEREK BREWER, P.J.C. FIELD, SIAN ECHARD, PETER GOODRICH, KEVIN HARTY, NORRIS J. LACY, BARBARATEPA LUPACK, DAVID STAINES, RAYMOND THOMPSON, JULIAN WASSERMAN, BONNIE WHEELER.

Silent Serial Sensations - The Wharton Brothers and the Magic of Early Cinema (Paperback): Barbara Tepa Lupack Silent Serial Sensations - The Wharton Brothers and the Magic of Early Cinema (Paperback)
Barbara Tepa Lupack
R571 R518 Discovery Miles 5 180 Save R53 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The first book-length study of pioneering and prolific filmmakers Ted and Leo Wharton, Silent Serial Sensations offers a fascinating account of the dynamic early film industry. As Barbara Tepa Lupack demonstrates, the Wharton brothers were behind some of the most profitable and influential productions of the era, including The Exploits of Elaine and The Mysteries of Myra, which starred such popular performers as Pearl White, Irene Castle, Francis X. Bushman, and Lionel Barrymore. Working from the independent film studio they established in Ithaca, New York, Ted and Leo turned their adopted town into "Hollywood on Cayuga." By interweaving contemporary events and incorporating technological and scientific innovations, the Whartons expanded the possibilities of the popular serial motion picture and defined many of its conventions. A number of the sensational techniques and character types they introduced are still being employed by directors and producers a century later.

Frulein Doktor (English, Polish, Paperback): Jerzy W. Tepa Frulein Doktor (English, Polish, Paperback)
Jerzy W. Tepa; Translated by Barbara Tepa Lupack
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R418 Discovery Miles 4 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Frulein Doktor dramatizes the exploits of Anna Marie Lesser, a beautiful and accomplished German spy during the First World War, who was based on an actual historical figure. The original production in Poland in 1933, called "a theatrical sensation," broke all previous records for continuous theater performances.

Richard E. Norman and Race Filmmaking (Hardcover): Barbara Tepa Lupack Richard E. Norman and Race Filmmaking (Hardcover)
Barbara Tepa Lupack; Foreword by Michael T. Martin
R2,465 Discovery Miles 24 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the early 1900s, so-called race filmmakers set out to produce black-oriented pictures to counteract the racist caricatures that had dominated cinema from its inception. Richard E. Norman, a southern-born white filmmaker, was one such pioneer. From humble beginnings as a roving "home talent" filmmaker, recreating photoplays that starred local citizens, Norman would go on to produce high-quality feature-length race pictures. Together with his better-known contemporaries Oscar Micheaux and Noble and George Johnson, Richard E. Norman helped to define early race filmmaking. Making use of unique archival resources, including Norman's personal and professional correspondence, detailed distribution records, and newly discovered original shooting scripts, this book offers a vibrant portrait of race in early cinema.

Vision/RE-Vision - Adapting Contemporary American Fiction by Women to Film (Paperback): Barbara Tepa Lupack Vision/RE-Vision - Adapting Contemporary American Fiction by Women to Film (Paperback)
Barbara Tepa Lupack
R499 R449 Discovery Miles 4 490 Save R50 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The essays in "Vision/Re-Vision" analyze in detail ten popular and important films adapted from contemporary American fiction by women, addressing the ways in which the writers' latent or overt feminist messages are reinterpreted by the filmmakers who bring them to the screen, demonstrating that there is much to praise as well as much to fault in the adaptations and that the process of adaptation itself is instructive rather than destructive, since it enriches understanding about both media.

Take Two - Adapting the Contemporary American Novel to Film (Paperback): Barbara Tepa Lupack Take Two - Adapting the Contemporary American Novel to Film (Paperback)
Barbara Tepa Lupack
R481 R430 Discovery Miles 4 300 Save R51 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From Edwin S. Porter to Mike Nichols, from D. W. Griffith to Steven Spielberg, American filmmakers have looked to the novel for story ideas.
Different in its complexities from the classic novels of Dickens, London, and Tolstoy to which earlier filmmakers turned, the contemporary American novel poses a real challenge to the filmmaker, who must translate its occasionally unfilmable essence for a new audience. "Take Two" closely analyzes the adaptations of ten such works: "Catch-22," "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Being There," "The World According to Garp," "Sophie's Choice," "The Color Purple," "Ironweed," "Tough Guys Don't Dance," and "Billy Bathgate."

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