Are you excited about the release of the newest #BridgetJonesMovie "Mad About the Boy"?
We have book 1 - 3 of #HelenFielding's #BridgetJones books as well as lots of secondary lit on #romcoms & #chicklit - incl on Bridget Jones's Diary as an #adaptation of #PrideAndPrejudice!
Fancy a more visual approach? Alain Silver & James Ursini present this massive & lavishly illustrated volume on "The Vampire Film from #Nosferatu to #TrueBlood", with chapters on #gender, lore, 1990s #vampires & a fang-tastic filmography
https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=635815834
James F. Broderick's 2012 book "Now a Terrifying Motion Picture!" includes essays on 25 #horror texts adapted to the screen, including #Nosferatu, as well as nearly every other horror classic you can think of
https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=688233325
This essay collection, edited by John Edgar Browning & Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart presents 16 essays on #GenderStudies, #FilmStudies, #AdaptationStudies & PostcolonialStudies on various #horror creatures (incl. #vampires) from anime to #StarTrek
https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=588808253
"Dracula in the Dark" is a 1996 study by James Craig Holte, explaining #Dracula's origins & changes on the screen as well as its foundation of the #darkromance genre #genrestudies
https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=22282915X
Are you in the thrall of #Nosferatu? ⚰️
For your deep-dive into #AdaptationStudies on the different #Dracula adaptations (& other #vampires), here's a selection of books from our collection!
1st up: Lyndon W. Joslin's guide to Dracula films
https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=889691266
Fred Guida's 2000 guide to "Dickens's Story on Screen and Television" is a valuable resource for #AdaptationStudies
https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=30942741X
Gernot U. Gabel's book gives an overview of the illustrated German-language editions of "The Christmas Carol" in the 20th c
https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=1617852481
... and of course we have lots of other works of #LiteraryStudies, #FilmStudies & #AdaptationStudies on #TheWizardOfOz as a #PopCulture phenomenon, too!
The #WickedMovie has hit the cinemas, and we're ready for our trip to the land of Oz with the 4 books from the original "Wicked" book series by Gregory Maguire - pictured here in different editions in our library 💚💗
#Adaptations #AdaptationStudies #AmericanLiterature #flatlay
Find the books here in our catalogue:
"Agatha Christie on Screen" by Mark Aldridge https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=868896322
"Penny Dreadful and Adaptation", 15 essays, edited by Julie Grossman & Will Scheibel
https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=1859821596
FID Anglo-American Culture