“I just thought you’d like to hear it from me; this is the Face, it's no great Mystery:” understanding authority in Paul Thomas Anderson’s "There Will Be Blood"

This thesis explores the question of adaptation in relation to Paul Thomas Anderson's film There Will Be Blood and Upton Sinclair's novel Oil!. I argue, the reason adaptation studies has not necessarily moved beyond its obsession with fidelity is because theorists have neglected to underst...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hughes, Joel
Other Authors: Toles, George (English, Film, and Theatre)
Language:en_US
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4322