History of British Literature on Film, 1895-2015

From The Death of Nancy Sykes (1897) to The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) and beyond, cinematic adaptations of British literature participate in a complex and fascinating history. The History of British Literature on Film, 1895-2015 is the only comprehensive narration of cinema''s 100-year-old love affair with British literature. Unlike previous studies of literature and film, which...