{"product_id":"seeing-hardy","title":"Seeing Hardy","description":"\u003cp\u003e   \"Great authors\" are increasingly being encountered by general audiences and critics thanks to films and television programs that have been adapted from their best-known works. Thomas Hardy is one of those authors. His work has inspired filmmakers from the silent age and modern times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This book is the first book-length study in what has become a growing field of interest in film adaptations of Hardy's novels. Part One of this book analyzes the popular image of Hardy and his work, the reproduction of this image in film adaptations, and critical stereotypes about him and his fiction. Part Two juxtaposes Hardy's \u003ci\u003eFar from the Madding Crowd\u003c\/i\u003e and Schlesinger's adaptation, Hardy's \u003ci\u003eTess of the d'Urbervilles\u003c\/i\u003e and Polanski's adaptation, and Hardy's \u003ci\u003eJude the Obscure\u003c\/i\u003e and Winterbottom's adaptation. Each discussion of the novel and adaptation in question considers the novel itself, the critical history of the novel, how it has been adapted to film, and how the individual filmmakers have struggled with problems inherent in Hardy's novels. Part Three analyzes adaptations of \u003ci\u003eThe Woodlanders, The Scarlet Tunic,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Claim,\u003c\/i\u003e all of which have scarcely been seen in the United States or which were not distributed in the United States, and four television movies and miniseries that were based on Hardy's work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254393033048,"sku":"9780786414291","price":36.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780786414291_be9b751e-7039-4a09-b377-9dd7c74695bc.jpg?v=1764939622","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/seeing-hardy","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}