Transmedia Adaptation in the Nineteenth Century by Lissette Lopez Szwydky


Transmedia Adaptation in the Nineteenth Century
eBook Transmedia Adaptation in the Nineteenth Century
By Lissette Lopez Szwydky
ISBN 0814214231
ISBN-13 9780814214237
Publication 21 June 2025
Number of Pages 250
Format Type Hardcover

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Transmedia Adaptation in the Nineteenth CenturyHow did Mary Shelley s Frankenstein give rise to the iconic green monster everyone knows today In 1823 only five years after publication Shelley herself saw the Creature come to life on stage and this performance shaped the story s future Suddenly thousands of people who had never read Shelley s novel were participating in its cultural animation Similarly early adaptations magnified the reception and renown of all manner of nineteenth century literary creations from Byron and Keats to Dickens and Tennyson and beyond Yet until now adaptation has been seen as a largely modern phenomenon In Transmedia Adaptation in the Nineteenth Century Lissette Lopez Szwydky convincingly historicizes the practice of adaptation drawing on multiple disciplines to illustrate narrative mobility across time culture and geography Case studies from stage plays literature painting illustration chapbooks and toy theaters position adaptation as a central force in literary history that ensures continued cultural relevance accessibility and survival The history of these forms helps to inform and put into context our contemporary obsessions with popular media Finally in upending a traditional understanding of canon by arguing that adaptation creates canon and not the other way around Szwydky provides crucial bridges between nineteenth century literary scholarship adaptation studies and media studies thus identifying new stakes for all Transmedia Adaptation in the Nineteenth Century823 6941 OSB 9780814214237

Transmedia Adaptation in the Nineteenth Century By Lissette Lopez Szwydky
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