The Adaptation of History

Essays on Ways of Telling the Past

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Edited by Laurence Raw and Defne Ersin Tutan

Type

Essays

Subject

Genre > Historical films

Keywords

World History, accuracy, historical films, role of cinema

Publishing date

2012

Publisher

McFarland & Co

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 244 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-7254-3

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Book Presentation:
This collection of essays asks the question “What is history?” and considers how history is shaped in different socioeconomic contexts. The writers take a transdisciplinary approach, in the belief that everyone who deals with history—including professional historians, novelists, and poets—constructs narratives of the past to make sense of the present as well as to determine their future courses of action. With contributions from a variety of specialists in media studies, literature, history and anthropology, this book breaks new ground in adaptation studies.

About the authors:
Laurence Raw has published extensively in the field of film adaptations and performance. He teaches in the Department of English at Baskent University in Ankara, Turkey.
Defne Ersin Tutan teaches in the Department of American Culture and Literature at Baskent University in Ankara, Turkey.

Press Reviews:
"excellent"—Destructive Music.

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