Major Reference Works

Adaptations

Critical and Primary Sources 3-Volume Set Edited by Deborah Cartmell & Imelda Whelehan, both De Montfort University, UK Adaptations: Critical and Primary Sources is a reference resource bringing together over 80 landmark texts in adaptation studies. Volume One covers the history of adaptation studies, by plotting the ‘prehistory’ of the field, beginning with Vachel Lindsay’s classic Art of the Moving Picture (1915), to some of the most important critical and theoretical interventions up until the 1990s. Volume Two collects essays from the last 25 years, charting the process of critical and theoretical maturation. Volume Three covers key case studies, such as Christine Geraghty’s take on adapting Westerns and Ian Inglis’ understanding of the transformation of music into movies. Special introductory offer (valid up to three months after publication): £445.00 / $600.00

UK July 2021 • US July 2021 • 3 vols • c. 1,248 pages HB Pack 9781501315404 • £495.00 / $669.00 Series: Critical and Primary Sources • Bloomsbury Academic

Animation

Critical and Primary Sources 4-Volume Set Edited by Chris Pallant, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK Animation: Critical and Primary Sources is a major multi-volume work of reference that brings together seminal writings on animation studies. Gathering historical and contemporary texts from a wideranging number of sources, the volumes provide a key resource in understanding and studying the past and future directions of animation studies. The four volumes thematically traces animation studies from its many definitions, or a lack thereof, to the institutional nature of animation production, to establishing greater space within animation discourse for the consideration of broadcast and interactive animation, and finally, giving greater contextual understanding of the field of animation studies. Special introductory offer (valid up to three months after publication): £595.00 / $804.00

UK January 2021 • US January 2021 • 4 vols • c. 1,536 pages HB Pack 9781501305757 • £660.00 / $890.00 Series: Critical and Primary Sources • Bloomsbury Academic

South Korean Film

Critical and Primary Sources 3-Volume Set Edited by Hyon Joo Yoo, The University of Vermont, USA South Korean Film: Critical and Primary Sources is an essential three-volume reference collection representing three distinct phases in the development of South Korean national cinema. Volume I covers the “Golden Age”, referring to the cinematic era that covers the postKorean War period from 1955 to 1972. Volume II comprises the phase that produced what critics sum up as New Korean Cinema produced since the 1990s, and which has led to the commercial and critical success of recent South Korean cinema. Volume III, while continuing the thematic and stylistic development distinct in New Korean Cinema, calls for a new epochal conceptualization that emphasizes South Korean film’s global location. Special introductory offer (valid up to three months after publication): £445.00 / $600.00

UK January 2021 • US January 2021 • 3 vols • c. 1,232 pages HB Pack 9781501322617 • £495.00 / $669.00 Series: Critical and Primary Sources • Bloomsbury Academic