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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taves, Brian, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Verne, Jules, > 1828-1905.
Verne, Jules, > 1828-1905 > Film adaptations.
French Literature.
Languages & Literatures.
Romance Literatures.
Science fiction films.
Film adaptations.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Science Fiction & Fantasy.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Films de science-fiction > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Adaptations cinematographiques > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Science fiction films > United States > History and criticism.
Film adaptations > United States > History and criticism.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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