Adaptation and the Avant-Garde: Alternative Perspectives on Adaptation Theory and Practice

"With a certain amount of historical irony, adaptation studies have, in recent years, become a subtle, dynamic, and complex centerpiece in contemporary film and media studies. As the range of this work expands, new areas and issues continue to be explored, and Verrone's wide-ranging study of adaptation and the avant-garde is a long needed and exciting contribution to the intellectual energy of the field."

Timothy Corrigan, Professor of Cinema Studies, English, and History of Art, University of Pennsylvania; and author of The Essay Film: From Montaigne, After Marker