{"product_id":"the-cinematic-eighteenth-century-history-culture-and-adaptation-9781138633995","title":"The Cinematic Eighteenth Century: History, Culture, and Adaptation","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Srividhya Swaminathan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Media Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection explores how film and television depict the complex and diverse milieu of the eighteenth century as a literary, historical, and cultural space. Topics range from adaptations of Austen's \u003cem\u003eSense and Sensibility \u003c\/em\u003eand Defoe's \u003cem\u003eRobinson Crusoe \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eThe Martian) \u003c\/em\u003eto historical fiction on the subjects of slavery (\u003cem\u003eBelle\u003c\/em\u003e), piracy (\u003cem\u003eCrossbones \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eBlack Sails\u003c\/em\u003e), monarchy (\u003cem\u003eThe Madness of King George \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Libertine\u003c\/em\u003e), print culture (\u003cem\u003eBlackadder \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eNational Treasure\u003c\/em\u003e), and the role of women (\u003cem\u003eMarie Antoinette, The Duchess\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOutlander\u003c\/em\u003e). This interdisciplinary collection draws from film theory and literary theory to discuss how film and television allows for critical re-visioning as well as revising of the cultural concepts in literary and extra-literary writing about the historical period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45238391079063,"sku":"9781138633995","price":12867.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138633995.webp?v=1769219581","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-cinematic-eighteenth-century-history-culture-and-adaptation-9781138633995","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}