The Writer on Film Screening Literary Authorship
Examining films about writers and acts of writing, The Writer on Film brilliantly refreshes some of the well-worn 'adaptation' debates by inviting film and literature to engage with each other trenchantly and anew – through acts of explicit configuration
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edited by
Judith Buchanan
The Writer on Film
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The Writer on Film Screening Literary Authorship Edited by
Judith Buchanan
Palgrave
macmillan
© Judith Buchanan 2013 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-0-230-31384-2 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-33934-1 DOI 10.1057/9781137317230
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Contents List of Figures
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Notes on Contributors
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction Image, story, desire: the writer on film Judith Buchanan
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Part I Cinema’s Versions and Uses of Literary Lives 1 The writer in film: authorship and imagination Laura Marcus
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Gendered Authorship I
2 ‘Here is the story of my career…’: the woman writer on film Sonia Haiduc
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Gendered Authorship II
3
‘Mad, bad and dangerous to know’: the male poet in Sylvia (2003) and The Edge of Love (2008) Siân Harris
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Romantic Authorship
4
Romantic genius on screen: Jane Campion’s Bright Star (2009) and Julien Temple’s Pandaemonium (2000) Julian North
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Authorship Iconized, Metonymized, Debunked
5
The ‘tables of memory’: Shakespeare, cinema and the writing desk Megan Murray-Pepper
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Authorship Commercialized
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Brit-lit biopics, 1990–2010 Andrew Higson
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7 Literary biopics: a literary b
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