Jane Austen on Screen.(Book Review)

Publication: The Modern Language Review

Publication Date: 01-JUL-05

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Jane Austen on Screen. Ed. by GINA MACDONALD and ANDREW MACDONALD. Cambridge, New York, and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. 2003. xii+ 284 pp. 45 [pounds sterling]; $70 (pbk 16.95 [pounds sterling]; $25). ISBN 0-521-79325-4 (pbk 0-521-79728-4).

This collection proffers critical interrogations of Austen adaptations, by Austen enthusiasts who encourage readers to consider the films and programmes in relation to their source novels. This emphasis and the choice of contributors result in some careful and engaging readings of Austen and spirited responses to the films/programmes. However, there is a lack of clear conceptual and argumentative grounding when dealing with the adaptations, and a failure to respond to recent, pertinent work in adaptation...

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