1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791035603321

Autore

Harmes Marcus K.

Titolo

Doctor Who and the art of adaptation : fifty years of storytelling / / Marcus K. Harmes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4422-3285-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

Science Fiction Television

Disciplina

791.45/72

Soggetti

History on television

Television and history

Science fiction television programs - Great Britain - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Editorial Note; Introduction; Periods by Lead Actor; Part I: The Questions; 1 In the Beginning; 2 What Gets Adapted?; 3 Who Was Adapting?; 4 Motives for Adapting; Part II: The Case Studies; 5 A Classical Education; 6 Victorian Worlds in Doctor Who; 7 Gothic Themes and Creative Tensions; 8 British Westerns, American Frontiers, and a Marketing Strategy; 9 Whodunit? Agatha Christie in Time and Space; 10 Tragedy, the Jacobeans . . . and Evelyn Waugh; Conclusion; Filmography; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Doctor Who is one of the most enduring British programs over the last 50 years and its success has translated to the U.S., where it has been shown for decades, first on PBS stations and currently on BBC America. This book looks at how the writers and producers of Doctor Who have adapted-and will no doubt continue to do so-various texts to create many episodes throughout the show's history.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910813238303321

Autore

Conrad Joseph <1857-1924, >

Titolo

Heart of darkness / / by Joseph Conrad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Open Road Media, , 2014

ISBN

1-4976-5969-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 p.)

Disciplina

823/.912

Soggetti

Degeneration

Trading posts

Europeans - Africa

Imperialism

Africa Fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; I; II; III; Copyright Page

Sommario/riassunto

The classic novel that inspired Apocalypse NowA European trading concern hires Marlow to pilot a boat up the Congo River in search of Kurtz-a first-class ivory agent and the manager of the company's highly profitable Inner Station-who is believed to be on his deathbed. With a handful of pilgrims as his passengers and a crew of cannibals, Marlow steams his way into the African interior. The terrifying discovery he makes at the end of his journey and the horrors he witnesses along the way have thrilled and disturbed readers for more than a century. A searing indictment of imperialism and a haunt