1st Edition
The Art of Adapting Victorian Literature, 1848-1920 Dramatizing Jane Eyre, David Copperfield, and The Woman in White
Upstairs, downstairs: Jane Eyre's transatlantic theatrical debut. Adapting melodramatically: Jane Eyre of the silent screen. Adapting the seduction plot: David Copperfield on the Victorian stage. The posthumous Dickens: David Copperfield on screen. Adapting the sensation plot: The Woman in White on the Victorian stage. Sensational modernity: The Woman in White on the American screen. Works cited.
Biography
Karen E. Laird has taught courses in Victorian literature and film history at the University of Colorado, the University of Missouri, Stephens College, and the University of Salford. She has published articles on literary adaptation in such journals as Women’s Writing, Nineteenth-Century Contexts, and Literature/Film Quarterly. Karen lives and writes in Manchester, England.
'Karen E. Laird's work on silent films is truly a seminal work.' Brontë Blog
