Picturing Tolkien : essays on Peter Jackson's The lord of the rings film trilogy /
This group of new critical essays offers multidisciplinary analysis of director Peter Jackson's spectacularly successful adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Part one of the collection, "Techniques of Structure and Story," compares and contrasts the organiza...
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| Materialtyp: | Bok |
| Språk: | English |
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland & Co.,
c2011.
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| Sammanfattning: | This group of new critical essays offers multidisciplinary analysis of director Peter Jackson's spectacularly successful adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Part one of the collection, "Techniques of Structure and Story," compares and contrasts the organizational principles of the books and films. Part Two, "Techniques of Character and Culture," focuses on the methods used to transform the characters and setting of Tolkien's narrative into the personalities and places visualized on screen. Each of the sixteen essays includes extensive notes and a separate bibliography. -- Janice M. Bogstad is a professor of women's studies and English and head of technical services at the McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Her written work has appeared in more than 60 reference books. -- University of Wisconsin-Madison Emeritus Philip E. Kaveny is an independent scholar, author, playwright, poet and lecturer. --Book Jacket. |
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| Fysisk beskrivning: | viii, 301 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliografi: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780786446360 (softcover alk. paper) 0786446366 (softcover alk. paper) |