The Cinematic Eighteenth Century History, Culture, and Adaptation

• Other Authors: Swaminathan, Srividhya (Editor), Thomas, Steven W. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Routledge 2018
• Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies 54
• Subjects: Eighteenth century in motion pictures; Historical films > History and criticism; Film adaptations > History and criticism; Criticism, interpretation, etc
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• Physical Description: vi, 196 pages : illustrations 24 cm.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
• ISBN: 9781138633995

This collection explores how film and television depict the complex and diverse milieu of the eighteenth century as a literary, historical, and cultural space. Topics range from adaptations of Austen's Sense and Sensibility and Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (The Martian) to historical fiction on the subjects of slavery (Belle), piracy (Crossbones and Black Sails), monarchy (The Madness of King George and The Libertine), print culture (Blackadder and National Treasure), and the role of women (Marie Antoinette, The Duchess, and Outlander). This interdisciplinary collection draws from film theory and literary theory to discuss how film and television allows for critical re-visioning as well as revising of the cultural concepts in literary and extra-literary writing about the historical period.