In The Art of Adapting Victorian Literature; 1848-1920; Karen E. Laird alternates between readings of nineteenth-century stage and twentieth-century silent film adaptations to investigate the working practices of the first adapters of Victorian fiction. Lairdrsquo;s juxtaposition between stage and screen brings to life the dynamic culture of literary adaptation as it developed throughout the long nineteenth-century. Focusing on Charlotte BrontAtilde;laquo;rsquo;s Jane Eyre; Charles Dickensrsquo;s David Copperfield; and Wilkie Collinsrsquo;s The Woman in White; Laird demonstrates how adaptations performed the valuable cultural work of expanding the original novelrsquo;s readership across class and gender divides; exporting the English novel to America; and commemorating the novelists through adaptations that functioned as virtual literary tourism. Bridging the divide between literary criticism; film studies; and theatre history; Lairdrsquo;s book reveals how the Victorian adapters set the stage for our contemporary film adaptation industry.
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