Editors:
- Marks an original contribution because it investigates a previously under-examined area of adaptation: that of stories based on true events
- Employs a cross-disciplinary approach, by offering insights into history, theatre studies, film and media studies, organizational analysis, and literary/aesthetic theory
- Offers useful and practical findings on the relationship between real life events and cultural memory
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture (PSADVC)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Scripting Real Lives in the Past
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Front Matter
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Scripting Real Lives in the Present
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Media, Film and Communication, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Davinia Thornley
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: True Event Adaptation
Book Subtitle: Scripting Real Lives
Editors: Davinia Thornley
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97322-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-97321-0Published: 09 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07334-3Published: 26 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-97322-7Published: 26 September 2018
Series ISSN: 2634-629X
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6303
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 237
Number of Illustrations: 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Adaptation Studies, Genre, Memory Studies