| Description |
xii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The South on screen
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Spence collection
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 -- Film adaptations.
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| ISBN |
9780820346687 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0820346683 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780820346694 (pbk. : alk. paper) : $28.95 |
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0820346691 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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