Cultural Afterlives and Screen Adaptations of Classic Literature: Wuthering Heights and Company

Film And Television Adaptations Of Classic Literature Have Held A Longstanding Appeal For Audiences, An Appeal That This Book Sets Out To Examine. With A Particular Focus On Wuthering Heights, The Book Examines Adaptations Made From The 1930s To The Twenty-first Century, Providing An Understanding Of How They Help Shape Our Cultural Landscape-- Introduction: The Screen Afterlife Of Wuthering Heights -- Before The Afterlife: Analysing Wuthering Heights -- The Cinema Of Spectacle: Establishing The Wuthering Heights Tradition On The Eve Of Hollywood's Golden Era -- Moving Backward, Looking Forward: Jacques Rivette's Hurlevent -- Wuthering Heights In The 1990s: Peter Kosminsky's Ambitious Narrative -- Catherine And Heathcliff For The Y Generation: Mtv's Modernisation Of Wuthering Heights -- Critical Legacies And Contemporary Audiences: The Politics Of Neo-victorianism In Itv's 2009 Adaptation Of Wuthering Heights -- Afterword: Myths And Demystification. Hila Shachar. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 207-220) And Index.