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Alfred Hitchcock and John Buchan: The Art of Creative Transformation
The key issue in any creative adaptation involves not just an artist borrowing from another tradition but the manner in which the transformation occurs. William Shakespeare borrowed from Raphael Holinshed and other sources. But he creatively transformed his appropriations into distinguished structures of meaning. Similarly, although Anthony Mann borrowed from both Shakespeare and Greek tragedy, the important aspects involve the relationship of these traditions to the Western genre and 1950s cult...
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Tony Williams is Professor and Area Head of Film Studies, Department of English, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale USA.
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