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Film out of theatre: D.W. Griffith, Birth of a Nation and the melodrama The Clansman.

Compares D.W. Griffith's film adaptation `The Birth of a Nation' and Thomas Dixon's novel `The Clansman' from which the film was adapted. Focus on the degree to which Griffith used or discarded material drawn from the book; Similarity in both subject matter and dramatic structure; Centrality of Dixo...

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Published in:Literature Film Quarterly Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 87 - 96
Main Author: Martin, Jeffrey B.
Format: Article
Published: Salisbury University 1990
Subjects:
Birth of a Nation, The (Film : 1915)
Clansman, The (Book : Dixon)
Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948
Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946
Motion pictures
Books
Criticism
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Summary:Compares D.W. Griffith's film adaptation `The Birth of a Nation' and Thomas Dixon's novel `The Clansman' from which the film was adapted. Focus on the degree to which Griffith used or discarded material drawn from the book; Similarity in both subject matter and dramatic structure; Centrality of Dixon's play to Griffith's adaptation.