Beyond Adaptation

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Beyond Adaptation is written by Phyllis Frus and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0786455780 (ISBN 10) and 9780786455782 (ISBN 13).

Some film and novel revisions go so far beyond adaptation that they demand a new designation. This critical collection explores movies, plays, essays, comics and video games that supersede adaptation to radically transform their original sources. Fifteen essays investigate a variety of texts that rework everything from literary classics to popular children's books, demonstrating how these new, stand-alone creations critically engage their sources and contexts. Particular attention is paid to parody, intertextuality, and fairy-tale transformations in the examination of these works, which occupy a unique narrative and creative space.