Adaptation and Appropriation

From the apparently simple adaptation of a text into film, theatre or a new literary work, to the more complex appropriation of style or meaning, it is arguable that all texts are somehow connected to a network of existing texts and art forms. In this new edition Adaptation and Appropriation explores:

• multiple definitions and practices of adaptation and appropriation
• the cultural and aesthetic politics behind the impulse to adapt
• the global and local dimensions of adaptation
• the impact ...