The Scandal of Adaptation

“The Scandal of Adaptation, edited by Thomas Leitch, offers a new and provocative critical lens through which to view the processes of adaptation … . scandals of adaptation are not only expertly examined in this volume, but also each contributor pries open new areas of inquiry for scholars to explore other scandalous adaptations. … this collection’s novel framing of scandal alongside adaptation serves to thrust adaptation studies to the centre of the cultural conversation, where it belongs.” (Erica Moulton, Adaptation, November 25, 2023)

Thomas Leitch is Unidel Andrew B. Kirkpatrick, Jr. Chair in Writing at the University of Delaware, USA, where he teaches undergraduate courses on film and graduate courses on literary and cultural theory. His most recent books are The Oxford Handbook of Adaptation Studies (2017) and The History of American Literature on Film (2019).