Charles Dickens on the Screen: The Film, Television and Video Adaptations

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This comprehensive survey of the screen adaptations of the works of the great author covers film worldwide, television, and video dramatizations from 1897 to 1993. While it provides a critical commentary on all noteworthy productions, "Charles Dickens on the Screen" also contains a catalog of more than 130 movies and 220 TV presentations with cast lists and production credits, and includes many hitherto unrecorded borrowings, spoofs, and satires from the famous stories. Pointer examines the problems inherent in dramatizing Dickens' novels for the screen, and traces the development of the adaptations from tiny extracts in the earliest silent movies to the full-scale television serials of the present day, covering virtually a century of international productions.

Author Biography: Michael Pointer has had a lifelong interest in movies, and now concentrates on film and television dramatizations made from famous literature.

FROM THE CRITICS

ARBA

This is no dull chronology. Pointer is a writer of verve and vitality who is both a Dickens scholar and a film historian. His narrative is full of interesting historical detail and astute critical commentary...a fine reference book and, for those interested in film history, an interesting read..

Dickens Quarterly

...performs its scholarly service well...tell[s] us is everything we ever wanted to know and more about filmed adaptations of Dickens...an invaluable resource..

Nineteenth-Century Literature

A lively and comprehensive survey of the many attempts throughout the world to translate Dickens's novels to large and small screens....

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