Pulping Fictions

by Cartmell, Deborah; Hunter, I. Q.; Haye, Heidi; Whelehan, Imelda

• ISBN13: 9780745310701
• ISBN10: 0745310702
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-09-01
• Publisher: Pluto Pr

Summary

Taking Tarantino's dictionary definition of "pulp fiction" as its starting point, this work explores the unease with which film and TV adaptations of books are often greeted. It looks at a range of adaptations and authors, including Branagh's film "Henry V", "Frankenstein", and the books of Angela Carter. The notion of "planning" in the evolution and filming of "Interview with the Vampire", and the exploitation of textual/cinematic strategies in the film "Orlando" are examined. The BBC's decision to film "Middlemarch" in Stamford is considered, and the book concludes with a defence of the charges against Tarantino that he exploits the banal and vulgar tastes of mass culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Pulping Fictions: Consuming Culture Across the Literature/Media Divide	p. 1
'Vanishing' Worlds: Film Adaptation and the Mystery of the Original	p. 11
The Vampire Writes Back: Anne Rice and the (Re)Turn of the Author in the Field Cultural Production	p. 29
Is s/he or Isn't s/he?: Screening Orlando	p. 43
Feminist Sympathies Versus Masculine Backlash: Kenneth Branagh's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein	p. 57
The Henry V Flashback: Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare	p. 73
Consuming Middlemarch: Construction and Consumption of Nostalgia in Stamford	p. 85
Pleasure and Interpretation: Film Adaptations of Angela Carter's Fiction	p. 99
Capitalism Most Triumphant: Bill and Ted's Excellent History Lesson	p. 111
Robin Hood: Men in Tights: Fitting the Tradition Snugly	p. 125
Pulpmodernism: Tarantino's Affirmative Action	p. 135
Index	p. 153
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