Patricia Highsmith on Screen
Editors: Schwanebeck, Wieland, McFarland, Douglas (Eds.)
Free Preview- Constitutes the first volume on Patricia Highsmith adaptations
- Contains discussions of prolific film directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Todd Haynes, Wim Wenders, Liliana Cavani, Claude Chabrol
- Includes statements from artists who have adapted Highsmith
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- About this book
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This book is the first full-length study to focus on the various film adaptations of Patricia Highsmith’s novels, which have been a popular source for adaptation since Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train (1952). The collection of essays examines films such as The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Two Faces of January, and Carol, includes interviews with Highsmith adaptors and provides a comprehensive filmography of all existing Highsmith adaptations. Particular attention is paid to queer subtexts, mythological underpinnings, philosophical questioning, contrasting media environments and formal conventions in diverse generic contexts. Produced over the space of seventy years, these adaptations reflect broad cultural and material shifts in film production and critical approaches to film studies. The book is thus not only of interest to Highsmith admirers but to anyone interested in adaptation and transatlantic film history.
- About the authors
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Wieland Schwanebeck is Assistant Lecturer at the Institute of English and American Studies at Dresden University of Technology, Germany. He has recently edited Reassessing the Hitchcock Touch (2017).
Douglas McFarland is Retired Professor of English and Classical Studies at Flagler College, USA. He is the co-editor of John Huston as Adaptor (2017). - Reviews
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“This outstanding essay collection ranges over Highsmith’s entire oeuvre, examining adaptations by directors as different as Alfred Hitchcock, Woody Allen, and Wim Wenders. In addition to illuminating essays by distinguished film scholars, it presents insightful interviews with several filmmakers about their philosophies and methods. Highsmith fans and scholars of film adaptation will learn a great deal and find much to appreciate and discuss in this excellent volume.” (Mark Osteen, Loyola University Maryland, USA)
- Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Introduction: Patricia Highsmith on Screen
Pages 1-20
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The Dark Side of Adaptation
Pages 21-40
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“I Meet a Lot of Guys—But Not Many Like You”: Strangers and Types in Highsmith’s and Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train
Pages 43-60
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Strangers on a Park Bench: From Patricia Highsmith to Alfred Hitchcock to Woody Allen
Pages 61-80
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Tom Ripley’s Talent
Pages 81-97
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Patricia Highsmith on Screen
- Editors
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- Wieland Schwanebeck
- Douglas McFarland
- Series Title
- Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-96050-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-96050-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-96049-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-07140-0
- Series ISSN
- 2634-629X
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVIII, 294
- Number of Illustrations
- 3 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
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