Hollywood presents Jules Verne : the father of science fiction on screen /

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Even for those who have never read Jules Verne (1828--1905), the author's very name conjures visions of the submarine in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, the epic race in Around the World in Eighty Days, the spacecraft in From the Earth to the Moon, and the daring descent in Journey to th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taves, Brian, 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Colección:Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.)
Temas:
Verne, Jules, > 1828-1905 > Film adaptations.
Verne, Jules, > 1828-1905
Film adaptations > United States > History and criticism.
Science fiction films > United States > History and criticism.
Romance Literatures.
Languages & Literatures.
French Literature.
Adaptations cinématographiques > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Films de science-fiction > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Science Fiction & Fantasy.
Film adaptations
Science fiction films
United States
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: how a French author met Hollywood
  • The silents
  • Searching for a popular approach, 1925-1945
  • Creating a style, 1946-1955
  • Establishing a mythos as the Verne cycle begins, 1956-1959
  • The height of the Verne cycle, 1960-1962
  • The cycle changes, 1963-1971
  • Toward a new aesthetic, 1972-1979
  • The wandering trail, 1981-1993
  • The revival, 1993-1996
  • Telefilms and miniseries reign, 1997-1999
  • Biography or pastiche, 2000-2003
  • Dismal reiterations, 2004-2008
  • A new formulation, 2008-present
  • Epilogue.

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