{"product_id":"9781845206642","title":"Hollywood's American Tragedies Dreiser, Eisenstein, Sternberg, Stevens","description":"\u003ch1\u003eHollywood's American Tragedies\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDreiser, Eisenstein, Sternberg, Stevens\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMandy Merck\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheodore Dreiser's dissection of the American dream, \u003ci\u003eAn American Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e, was hailed as the greatest novel of its generation. Now a classic of American literature, the story is one to which Hollywood has repeatedly returned. Hollywood's obsession with this tale of American greed, justice, religion and sexual hypocrisy stretches across the history of cinema. Some of cinema's greatest directors - Sergei Eisenstein, Josef von Sternberg and George Stevens - have attempted to bring this classic story to the screen.  Subsequently, both Jean-Luc Godard and Woody Allen have returned to the story and to these earlier adaptations. This open access book is the first detailed study of this extraordinary sequence of adaptations.  What it reveals is a history of Hollywood - from its politics to its cinematography - and, much deeper, of American culture and the difficulty of telling an American tragedy in the land of the American dream.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Leverhulme Trust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMandy Merck \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Media Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.  She has edited the film and television journal \u003ci\u003eScreen\u003c\/i\u003e and the Channel 4 television series \u003ci\u003eOut on Tuesday\u003c\/i\u003e.  Her books include \u003ci\u003ePerversions: Deviant Readings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Your Face: Nine Sexual Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Tracey Emin\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with Chris Townsend) and a new collection of critical studies, \u003ci\u003eAmerica First: Naming the Nation in US Film\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 November 2007\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBerg Publishers\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBerg Publishers\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781845206642\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.52\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Berg Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369923248268,"sku":"9781845206642","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_50f4e493-14e1-424f-bc73-14171e6743ec.jpg?v=1783880983","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781845206642","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}