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1 online resource |
| Series |
The south on screen |
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South on screen.
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| Contents |
Capote and the cinema: an overview -- Capote in the queer house of fame: stars and celebrity personas -- Scriptwriter for the stars: Capote's screen adaptations of indiscretion of An American wife, Beat the devil, and The innocents -- Holly Golightly's queer world: Blake Edwards's Breakfast at Tiffany's -- Capote, crime, and capital punishment: Richard Brooks's In cold blood -- Turning a princess into a star: Capote, Lee Bouvier Radziwill, and Laura -- Capote for the holidays: A Christmas memory (and trilogy), The thanksgiving visitor, and One Christmas -- Capote's southern childhoods: Other voices, other rooms, The grass harp, and Children on their birthdays -- Capote's unfinished business: abandoned and unproduced projects -- Playing Capote: tru, Capote, infamous, and other parodic and iconic portrayals -- Notes -- Cinema Capoteana |
| Summary |
Truman Capote once remarked, ""My primary thing is that I'm a prose writer. I don't think film is the greatest living thing""; nonetheless, his legacy is in many ways defined by his complex relationship with cinema, Hollywood, and celebrity itself. In Truman Capote: A Literary Life at the Movies, Tison Pugh explores the author and his literature through a cinematic lens, skillfully weaving the most relevant elements of Capote's biography- including his highly flamboyant public persona and his friendships and feuds with notable stars-with insightful critical analysis of the films, screenplays, |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 -- Film adaptations
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| SUBJECT |
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 -- Film adaptations
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Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 fast |
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Capote, Truman 1924-1984 gnd |
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Bibel Philemonbrief gnd |
| Subject |
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Film adaptations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780820347097 |
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0820347094 |
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