Screen Adaptations: Great Expectations

A close study of the relationship between text and film versions of Great Expectations.

Literature and film studies students will find plenty of material to

support their courses and essay writing on how the film versions

provide different readings of the original text.



Focussing on David Lean's film of Great Expectations, the

book discusses: the literary text in its historical context, key themes

and dominant readings of the text, how the text is adapted for screen

and how adaptations have changed our reading of the original text.

There are numerous excerpts from the literary text, screenplays and

shooting scripts, with suggestions for comparison. The book also

features quotations from authors, screenwriters, directors, critics and

others linked with the chosen film and text.