Adaptation, Intermediality and the British Celebrity Biopic (English, Márta Minier | Maddalena Pennacchia)

About the Book

Beginning with the premise that the biopic is a form of adaptation and an example of intermediality, this collection examines the multiplicity of 'source texts' and the convergence of different media in this genre, alongside the concurrent issues of fidelity and authenticity that accompany this form. The contributors focus on big and small screen biopics of British celebrities from the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries, attending to their…

ISBN: 9781409461265