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      Between Page, Stage, and Screen

      Les Misérables and Its Afterlives

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      Les Misérables and Its Afterlives book

      Between Page, Stage, and Screen
      ByKathryn M. Grossman, Bradley Stephens
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2015
      eBook Published 1 March 2016
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315592213
      Pages 262
      eBook ISBN 9781315592213
      Subjects Arts, Humanities
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      Grossman, K.M., & Stephens, B. (2015). Les Misérables and Its Afterlives: Between Page, Stage, and Screen (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315592213

      ABSTRACT

      Exploring the enduring popularity of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, this collection offers analysis of both the novel itself and its adaptations. In spite of a mixed response from critics, Les Misérables instantly became a global bestseller. Since its successful publication over 150 years ago, it has traveled across different countries, cultures, and media, giving rise to more than 60 international film and television variations, numerous radio dramatizations, animated versions, comics, and stage plays. Most famously, it has inspired the world's longest running musical, which itself has generated a wealth of fan-made and online content. Whatever its form, Hugo’s tale of social injustice and personal redemption continues to permeate the popular imagination. This volume draws together essays from across a variety of fields, combining readings of Les Misérables with reflections on some of its multimedia afterlives, including musical theater and film from the silent period to today's digital platforms. The contributors offer new insights into the development and reception of Hugo's celebrated classic, deepening our understanding of the novel as a work that unites social commentary with artistic vision and raising important questions about the cultural practice of adaptation.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |16 pages

      Introduction: Les Misérables: A Prodigious Legacy

      ByBradley Stephens, Kathryn M. Grossman

      part |2 pages

      PART 1 Readings of Les Misérables

      chapter 1|14 pages

      On (the Usefulness of Hunger and) Beauty

      ByIsabel K. Roche

      chapter 2|16 pages

      “Foliis ac frondibus”: Les Misérables and the Ecogarden

      ByKaren F. Quandt

      chapter 3|16 pages

      The Grotesque and Beyond in Les Misérables: Material Privation and Spiritual Transfiguration

      ByLaurence M. Porter

      chapter 4|16 pages

      “Eh bien, je suis une femme”: When La Misérable Acts

      ByBriana Lewis

      chapter 5|14 pages

      The Dark Side of Les Misérables: Hunger, Desire, and Crime

      ByPhilippe Moisan

      part |2 pages

      PART 2 Receptions and Adaptations

      chapter 6|32 pages

      Homeric Variations: From Les Misérables to the nouveau roman

      ByFiona Cox

      chapter 7|16 pages

      The Making of a Classic: Les Misérables Takes the States, 1860–1922

      ByKathryn M. Grossman

      chapter 8|14 pages

      Adapting Les Misérables for the Screen: Transatlantic Debates and Rivalries

      ByDelphine Gleizes

      chapter 9|16 pages

      The Many Faces of Javert in Anglophone Adaptation

      chapter 10|16 pages

      Éponine on Screen

      ByDanièle Gasiglia-Laster

      chapter 11|16 pages

      A New Creation: Histoire de Gavroche in Words and Song

      ByArnaud Laster

      chapter 12|14 pages

      Les Misérables and the Twenty-First Century

      ByBradley Stephens
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