Distorted Dreams: Peter Ibbetson from Illustration to Adaptation
The article shows how George du Maurier’s illustrations in his novel Peter Ibbetson inspired Henry Hathaway for his 1935 film adaptation. The hypothesis is that although some visual correspondences are obvious, a change of cultural paradigm occurred. Du Maurier’s 1891 references to Butler, Laycock,...
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| description | The article shows how George du Maurier’s illustrations in his novel Peter Ibbetson inspired Henry Hathaway for his 1935 film adaptation. The hypothesis is that although some visual correspondences are obvious, a change of cultural paradigm occurred. Du Maurier’s 1891 references to Butler, Laycock, Barrett, Youmans, and to the theories of the electrical body and ancestral memory, were superseded by references to Freud and psychoanalysis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-16356ff33d01463491d129e5d73091162025-01-30T10:21:36ZengPresses Universitaires de la MéditerranéeCahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens0220-56102271-61492016-05-018210.4000/cve.2332Distorted Dreams: Peter Ibbetson from Illustration to AdaptationMaxime LeroyThe article shows how George du Maurier’s illustrations in his novel Peter Ibbetson inspired Henry Hathaway for his 1935 film adaptation. The hypothesis is that although some visual correspondences are obvious, a change of cultural paradigm occurred. Du Maurier’s 1891 references to Butler, Laycock, Barrett, Youmans, and to the theories of the electrical body and ancestral memory, were superseded by references to Freud and psychoanalysis.https://journals.openedition.org/cve/2332illustrationPeter Ibbetsondreamdu Maurier (George)Hathaway (Henry)psychoanalysis |
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| title | Distorted Dreams: Peter Ibbetson from Illustration to Adaptation |
| title_full | Distorted Dreams: Peter Ibbetson from Illustration to Adaptation |
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| title_short | Distorted Dreams: Peter Ibbetson from Illustration to Adaptation |
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