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If you were to adapt your favorite book to film (or scene from a book) how would you do it?
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Scene--
How creative would you be--imagination abounds!
First, I would try to do a scene from...

I agree. His careful thought in GE testifies to the book's power--it lays bare the vain expectations and assumptions of society. And you are right regarding his humour. Dickins demonstrates fully his...

Also consider "The Sound and the Fury" by Faulkner. It deals cheifly with failure and the "modernist ache" for wholeness and success.

Welcome Panflute. Have you read Great Expectations yet? That one is great and gothic. Dickens is interesting--his sense of humour rather macabre at times, but a good read nonetheless.

To introduce myself officially, I must begin ironically by saying I will be away soon. In the next few weeks, I get the extreme pleasure of being able to travel to England to have a literary tour....

Welcome Jane,
you are in good company here...Glad to read that you like Bronte. I have the chance to go and see the Bronte Parsonage in Nottinghamshire in the next few weeks...I am very excited...

I agree with all here. Wildfell Hall succeeds at what it attempts and does it beautifully. Anne is definately a writer to be read and treasured; her thoughts and orchestration is clear and not overly...

Another thought is that after marriage, Roslind fears the loss of Orlando's sexual passion. The warmth of courtship done, she anticipates that once the battle has been fought, his love will cool--and...

Lady In the Water soundtrack--prologue

Also here are some stories to consider:
The Italian By Ann Radcliffe
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe (she is the queen of gothic)
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre By...

The historical understanding of Gothic as a literary genre--or sub-genre, depending on who you talk to--incorporates at once setting, plot, and symbolics. In other words, a gothic tale uses symbolism...

Another book to try..."Modern Criticism and Theory" eds. Lodge and Wood...filled with articles from major strands of lit. theory: structuralism, deconstruction, Marxism, Feminism (American and...

you will not be disappointed when you see the film, but just keep in mind that no adaption is perfect...:) This one has many good symbolic elements

The 2006 Jane Eyre by no means fully represents the fullness of the novel--regarding language, I agree that it mostly lacks the elegance and beauty of Bronte's own words. *the scene that really...

19th century novels tend to be heavy on the descriptive side. However, a prof once asked "why do we immediately assume that plot and description are separate?" I agree particularly in Jane Eyre's...