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Barbara Lupack was born in 1951.
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Take Two
(Take Two closely analyzes the adaptations of ten such wor...)
Take Two closely analyzes the adaptations of ten such works: Catch-22, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Slaughterhouse-Five, Being There, The World According to Garp, Sophie’s Choice, The Color Purple, Ironweed, Tough Guys Don't Dance, and Billy Bathgate.
https://www.amazon.com/Take-Two-Adapting-Contemporary-American/dp/0879726423
1994
Insanity as Redemption in Contemporary American Fiction
(Although madness is a popular theme in literature, contem...)
Although madness is a popular theme in literature, contemporary American writers use that theme in a new and unfamiliar way, not just to convey the result of an unnerving or infuriating reality but also to comment on its hypocrisies. Barbara Tepa Lupack examines the cultural and literary contexts of five major works of contemporary fiction: Joseph Heller's Catch-22, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, Jerzy Kosinski's Being There, and William Styron's Sophie's Choice.
https://www.amazon.com/Insanity-Redemption-Contemporary-American-Fiction/dp/0813013313
1995
Vision/Re-Vision
(The essays in Vision/Re-Vision analyze in detail ten popu...)
The essays in Vision/Re-Vision analyze in detail ten popular and important films adapted from contemporary American fiction by women, addressing how the writers' latent or overt feminist messages are reinterpreted by the filmmakers who bring them to the screen, demonstrating that there is much to praise as well as much to fault in the adaptations and that the process of adaptation itself is instructive rather than destructive since it enriches understanding about both media.
https://www.amazon.com/Vision-Re-Vision-Adapting-Contemporary-American/dp/0879727144
1996
Critical Essays on Jerzy Kosinski
https://www.amazon.com/Critical-Essays-Kosinski-American-Literature/dp/0783800738
1998
Arthurian Literature by Women
(Arthurian Literature by Women: An Anthology is a collecti...)
Arthurian Literature by Women: An Anthology is a collection of Arthurian poems, stories, and plays by women, from Marie de France to the present, all of which are either significant examples of Arthurian literature or innovative interpretations of Arthurian tradition. Rather than reproducing brief selections from contemporary novels that are ready.
https://www.amazon.com/Arthurian-Literature-Women-Anthology-Humanities-ebook/dp/B00B0YW1IE
1999
Nineteenth-Century Women at the Movies
(The adaptations of novels by eight popular writers have b...)
The adaptations of novels by eight popular writers have been analyzed: Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Ouida, and George Eliot. Those novels emphasize strong female protagonists, fine language, and sensitivity to social nuances. This volume's twelve essays offer critical insights not only into the visions of the novelist and the filmmaker but also into contemporary cultural concerns.
https://www.amazon.com/Nineteenth-Century-Women-Movies-Adapting-Classic/dp/0879728051
1999
King Arthur in America
(The Arthurian legends have had an immense and enduring ap...)
The Arthurian legends have had an immense and enduring appeal in America, influencing both America's own mythologies and its literature, film, social history, and popular culture. This is the first full-length study to focus exclusively on American re-interpretations of Arthuriana, and it offers detailed treatments of major authors traditionally associated with the legends, including Mark Twain, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Thomas Stearns Eliot, and John Steinbeck.
https://www.amazon.com/King-Arthur-America-Arthurian-Studies/dp/0859916308
1999
Literary Adaptations in Black American Cinema
(The cinematic representation of blacks, especially in sil...)
The cinematic representation of blacks, especially in silent and early films, was shaped not only by the sentimental racism of the culture but also by the popular literature that distorted black experience and restricted black characters to minor, stereotyped roles.
https://www.amazon.com/Literary-Adaptations-Black-American-Cinema/dp/158046372X
2002
Adapting the Arthurian Legends for Children
(For centuries, the Arthurian legends have fascinated and ...)
For centuries, the Arthurian legends have fascinated and inspired countless writers, artists, and readers, many of whom first became acquainted with the story as youngsters. From the numerous retellings of Malory and versions of Tennyson for young people to the host of illustrated volumes to which the Arthurian Revival gave rise.
https://www.amazon.com/Adapting-Arthurian-Legends-Children-Juvenilia/dp/134952722X
2004
Barbara Tepa Lupack
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Barbara Lupack is a former academic dean of the State University of New York and Fulbright Professor of American Literature in Poland and France. As a scholar, her interests range widely through modern literature, film adaptation, the King Arthur legends, and the work of Polish author Jerzy Kosinski. As a writer, Lupack has worked with her husband, Alan Lupack, on several books about King Arthur, and they also designed the Camelot Project at the University of Rochester's Robbins Library. This project is compiling a comprehensive database on all aspects of Arthurian literature, art, film, and critical studies. Lupack's contributions to Arthurian scholarship include King Arthur in America, an examination of how Arthurian legends have been adapted to suit American audiences, tastes, and cultural norms, and Adapting the Arthurian Legends for Children: Essays on Arthurian Juvenalia, a project that explores books and films about King Arthur for younger audiences. Moreover, Barbara Lupack is a contributor to scholarly periodicals.
Lupack's Plays of Passion, Games of Chance: Jerzy Kosinski and His Fiction includes biographical material on the writer and critical treatment of his books. Kosinski's Being There is one of the novels covered in Lupack's Insanity as Redemption in Contemporary American Fiction: Inmates Running the Asylum.
Lupack has published several volumes about film, with emphasis on adaptations of novels into movies. The essays in Vision/Re-Vision: Adapting Contemporary American Fiction by Women to Film look at individual books and films to form a general picture of how content is altered from the original medium to the adaptation. Literary Adaptations in Black American Cinema: From Micheaux to Morrison explores how African-American artists and intellectuals have sought to create an authentic cinematic experience for black viewers.
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Vision/Re-Vision
(The essays in Vision/Re-Vision analyze in detail ten popu...)
1996 -
Arthurian Literature by Women
(Arthurian Literature by Women: An Anthology is a collecti...)
1999 -
Literary Adaptations in Black American Cinema
(The cinematic representation of blacks, especially in sil...)
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Take Two
(Take Two closely analyzes the adaptations of ten such wor...)
1994 -
Insanity as Redemption in Contemporary American Fiction
(Although madness is a popular theme in literature, contem...)
1995 -
Nineteenth-Century Women at the Movies
(The adaptations of novels by eight popular writers have b...)
1999 -
King Arthur in America
(The Arthurian legends have had an immense and enduring ap...)
1999 -
Adapting the Arthurian Legends for Children
(For centuries, the Arthurian legends have fascinated and ...)
2004 - Plays of Passion, Games of Chance 1988
- Critical Essays on Jerzy Kosinski 1998
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Vision/Re-Vision
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Barbara Lupack's husband is Alan Lupack.
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