Adapting Nathaniel Hawthorne to the Screen: Forging New Worlds
- ISBN-10
- 081086049X
- ISBN-13
- 9780810860490
- Category
- Film adaptations
- Pages
- 175
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Author
- Laurence Raw
Description
Considered one of the greatest American authors, Nathaniel Hawthorne created a memorable body of literature. In Adapting Nathaniel Hawthorne to the Screen: Forging New Worlds, Laurence Raw demonstrates how filmmakers have turned to Hawthorne to comment on the nation's past, pr...
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