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Jan Baetens is a professor of cultural studies at the University of Leuven. He is also the author or editor of numerous books, including Novelization: From Film to Novel, The Graphic Novel: An Introduction, and The Cambridge History of the Graphic Novel.
Baetens' keen eye and deep scholarly understanding of word and
image narrative brings out the gems in [the film photonovel
genre]...This richly illustrated book, with clear and engaging
prose, is both an important contribution to the widening field of
adaptation studies and a model of medium-specific analysis that
considers a form's unique historical materiality to be in complex
relationship with its remediation of past genres.
*Leonardo*
It is to be hoped that this first study of the film photonovel will
not remain a one-shot in the field. Baetens’s book has already
proven, however, to be a game changer.
*French Review*
This elegantly written, thoroughly documented and richly
illustrated volume is a first step in stimulating further research
that poses critical questions concerning issues of narratology and
narrativity while expanding the range of possible debates in genre,
medium, adaptation and transmediation studies. The Film Photonovel
is, and will remain for a long time, an indispensable resource for
literary and cultural study scholars, especially those involved in
exploring the complex processes of remediation and adaptation that
underlie the mechanics of popular culture in its manifold
expressions, environments and constituencies.
*Visual Studies*
Baetens explores the many ways in which films were adapted, with a
focus on page layout, the choice of images and the use of dialogue
and narration...We are left with the impression that most
adaptations failed to do their source material justice.
*Times Literary Supplement*
Baetens offers a refreshing and valuable contribution to visual
culture studies by examining and historicizing, with great
sophistication and theoretical depth, this long-forgotten hybrid
medium.... Passionate in nature and elegant in style, it is the
field expanding conclusions to The Film Photonovel that constantly
captivate the reader, conclusions that result from Baetens’
sophisticated cultural, semiological, material and narratological
analysis of this prolific genre.
*Journal of Visual Culture*
Baetens fills a critical gap in scholarship regarding the
relatively neglected medium of film photonovels...[The Film
Photonovel is] a phenomenal resource that would be an excellent
read for any scholar interested in adaptation studies, film
studies, or comics’ studies. The curiously underresearched film
photonovel provides an intriguing intersection between the three
aforementioned fields....an extremely thorough and well-argued
book. This book is quite enlightening; as the fields of literary
and cultural studies shift toward examining genres once discarded
as 'lowbrow,' we may well see an increased interest in this
once-neglected medium. Baetens does a fantastic job establishing
the framework for this academic niche.
*Journal of Popular Culture*
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