Thomas Hardy on screen

Abstract

Introduction T. R. Wright 1. Hardy as a cinematic novelist: three aspects of narrative technique T. R. Wright 2. From painting to cinema: visual elements in Hardy's fiction Roger Webster 3. Wessex on film Simon Gatrell 4. The silent era: Thomas Hardy goes way down east Peter Widdowson 5. Screening the short stories: from the 1950s to the 1990s Roy Pierce-Jones 6. All fall down: Hardy's heroes on the 1990s cinema screen Judith Mitchell 7. Far from the Madding Crowd in the cinema: the problem of textual fidelity Keith Wilson 8. Staging the Native: aspects of screening The Return of the Native Rosemarie Morgan 9. Screening the flashback: three ways of opening The Mayor of Casterbridge Philip Allingham 10. The Woodlanders: the conflicting visions of Phil Agland and Thomas Hardy Dale Kramer 11. Dissonance, simulacra and the grain of the voice in Roman Polanski's Tess of the d'Urbervilles John Paul Riquelme 12. Romancing the text: genre, indeterminacy and televising Tess of the d'Urbervilles Richard Nemesvari 13. Adapting Hardy's Jude the Obscure for the screen: a study in contrasts Robert Schweik Filmography Bibliography Index.