Keywords
Adaptation, Film adaptation, Gothic literature, Identity, Identity politics, Inter-art discourse, Painting, Victorian culture, Victorian culture, Victorian literature, Victorian literature
Research Areas
English Literature and Creative Writing
Dr Kamilla Elliott
Senior Lecturer
County College
Lancaster University
Bailrigg
Lancaster
United Kingdom
LA1 4YD
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Tel: +44 1524 593348
Location: B211
My research interests revolve around visual and verbal media and their intersemiotic, interdisciplinary, interhistorical, and intercultural relations. I have a particular interest in relations between literature and film and am currently investigating the troubled relations between adaptation studies and mainstream humanities theories in a project entitled Theorizing Adaptations/Adapting Theories. I have further interests in literature and culture of the long nineteenth century, especially the rise of picture identification. I am working on a sequel to Portraiture and British Gothic Fiction: The Rise of Picture Identification, 1764-1835 (Johns Hopkins 2012) that continues that research to 1918.
PhD Supervision Interests
late eighteenth-century and nineteenth-century literature and culture, especially interdisciplinary projects involving verbal and visual representations
adaptations (especially but not limited to literature and film); theories of adaptation
Current Teaching
ENGL203 Victorian Literature
ENGL203 Literature and Film
ENGL204 American Literature to 1900
ENGL301 Undergraduate dissertation unit
ENGL431 Literature and Film (MA)
ENGL426 Victorian Literature and Film (MA)
Also contributes lectures to ENGL100, CREW103, and ENGL207.
Profile
Kamilla Elliott grew up in the UK, moving to the US after A levels. She received her B.A. in Mass Communications and Theatre from the University of Colorado in 1980 and pursued postgraduate studies in film at Boston University from 1981-82. After years away from academics, she returned in 1989, earning an A.L.M. degree through Harvard's adult education programme in 1991. From there, she entered Harvard University, where she completed a Ph.D. in English and American Literature and Language in 1996. She taught Victorian studies and interdisciplinary literature/film studies at the University of California at Berkeley from 1996-2004. During that time she wrote articles on literature and film and published Rethinking the Novel/Film Debate (Cambridge UP, 2003).
At Lancaster University, she has continued to write and speak on intermedial adaptation theory and practice and is currently writing a monograph entitled, Theorizing Adaptations/Adapting Theories. Most of her recent research, however, has been on intersections between British fiction and the rise of mass picture identification from the late eighteenth century to 1918. Her monograph, Portraiture and British Gothic Fiction: The Rise of Picture Identification, 1764-1835, has been published by Johns Hopkins University Press (2012). A sequel, Victorian Fiction and the Rise of Picture Identification, 1836-1918, is being researched.
Office Hours
Summer term 2013: by appointment. Please e-mail k.elliott@lancaster.ac.uk.
Formerly Known As
Denman
Selected Publications
Jane Austen and the Politics of Picture Identification
Elliott, K. 2012 In: Nineteenth-Century Contexts. 34, 4, p. 305-322, 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Screened Writers
Elliott, K. 10/2012 A companion to literature, film, and adaptation. Cartmell, D. (ed.). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, p. 179-197 19 p. (Blackwell companions to literature and culture).
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
The Adaptation of Adaptation: A Dialogue between the Sciences and Humanities
Elliott, K. 05/2012 Adaptation and Cultural Appropriation: Literature, Film, and the Arts. Nicklas, P. & Lindner, O. (eds.). Berlin: Walter De Gruyter, p. 145-161 17 p. (Spectrum Literature).
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Portraiture and British gothic fiction: the rise of picture identification, 1764-1835
Elliott, K. 11/2012 Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press. 336 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Monograph
Rethinking the Novel/Film Debate.
Elliott, K. L. 2003 Cambridge University Press. 302 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
In Press
Theorizing Adaptations/Adapting Theories
Elliott, K. 05/2013 Adaptation Studies: New Challenges, New Directions. Bruhn, J., Gjelsvik, A. & Frisvold Hanssen, E. (eds.). London: Continuum
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Matriarchal vs. Patriarchal Picture Identification in First-Wave Gothic Fiction
Elliott, K. 2013 Gothic Kinship. Andeweg, A. & Zlosnik, S. (eds.). Manchester University Press
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
2013
Postmodern Screened Writers
Elliott, K. 15/03/2013 Screening text: critical perspectives on film adaptation. Wells-Lasagne, S. & Hudelet, A. (eds.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co Inc
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
2012
Jane Austen and the Politics of Picture Identification
Elliott, K. 2012 In: Nineteenth-Century Contexts. 34, 4, p. 305-322, 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Cinematic Dickens and Uncinematic Words (reprint)
Elliott, K. 06/2012 Dickens adapted. Glavin, J. (ed.). Farnham: Ashgate, (A Library of Essays on Charles Dickens).
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Screened Writers
Elliott, K. 10/2012 A companion to literature, film, and adaptation. Cartmell, D. (ed.). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, p. 179-197 19 p. (Blackwell companions to literature and culture).
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
The Adaptation of Adaptation: A Dialogue between the Sciences and Humanities
Elliott, K. 05/2012 Adaptation and Cultural Appropriation: Literature, Film, and the Arts. Nicklas, P. & Lindner, O. (eds.). Berlin: Walter De Gruyter, p. 145-161 17 p. (Spectrum Literature).
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Portraiture and British gothic fiction: the rise of picture identification, 1764-1835
Elliott, K. 11/2012 Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press. 336 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Monograph
2010
Adaptation as Compendium: Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland
Elliott, K. 09/2010 In: Adaptation. 3, 2, p. 193-201, 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
2009
Face Value in A Tale of Two Cities
Elliott, K. 06/2009 Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, and the French Revolution. Jones, C., McDonagh, J. & Mee, J. (eds.). New York: Palgrave, p. 87-103 (Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture).
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
2008
Review of The Wonderful and Surprising History of Sweeney Todd, by Robert L. Mack
Elliott, K. 2008 In: THES.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Gothic—Film—Parody
Elliott, K. 03/2008 In: Adaptation. 1, 1, p. 24-43
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2007
The Romance of Politics and the Politics of Romance in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Mary Barton
Elliott, K. 2007 In: The Gaskell Society Journal. 21, p. 21-37
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Gothic—Film—Parody
Elliott, K. 2007 The Routledge Companion to Gothic. Spooner, C. & McEvoy, E. (eds.). London/New York: Routledge, p. 361-378
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
2006
Teaching Wuthering Heights through Its Film and Television Adaptations
Elliott, K. 2006 Approaches to Teaching Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. Lonoff, S. & Hasseler, T. (eds.). New York: MLA Press, p. 126-135
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
The Deconstruction of Fundamental Christianity.
Elliott, K. L. 1/01/2006 In: Textual Practice. 20, 4, p. 713-738, 26 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2004
Through the Looking Glass: Pedagogical Uses of Literary Film Adaptations
Elliott, K. 11/2004 Visual Media and the Humanities: A Pedagogy of Representation. McBride, K. (ed.). Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, p. 315-340
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Novels, films, and the word/image wars
Elliott, K. L. 2004 A companion to literature and film. Stam, R. & Raengo, A. (eds.). 7 ed. Oxford: Blackwell, p. 1-22 22 p. (Blackwell companions to cultural studies).
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Literary film adaptation and the form/content dilemma.
Elliott, K. L. 2004 Narrative Across Media: The Language of Storytelling. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2004, p. 220-243 24 p. (Frontiers of narrative).
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
2003
Cinematic Dickens and Uncinematic Words
Elliott, K. 2003 Dickens on Screen. Glavin, J. (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 113-121 9 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Rethinking the Novel/Film Debate.
Elliott, K. L. 2003 Cambridge University Press. 302 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
2002
The Victorian Novel in Film and on Television
Elliott, K. & Marsh, J. 2002 The Companion to the Victorian Novel. Brantlinger, P. & Thesing, W. B. (eds.). London: Blackwell
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Exposing the Victorians
Elliott, K. 11/2002 In: Mid-Atlantic Almanack. 11, p. 29-42, 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
1995
Recovering fraternité in the Works of Rousseau: Jean-Jacques’s Lost Brother
Denman, K. 1995 In: Eighteenth-Century Studies. 29, 2, p. 191-210
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
1994
Christina Rossetti’s Copy of C. B. Cayley’s Divine Comedy
Denman, K. & Smith, S. 1994 In: Victorian Poetry. 32, 3-4, p. 315-338
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
1993
Emily Dickinson's Volcanic Punctuation
Denman, K. 1993 In: Emily Dickinson Journal. 2, 1, p. 22-46
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Adapting Theories/Theorizing Adaptations
01/02/2011 →
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01/01/2007 →
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Adaptation
(Editorial board member)
Activity: Editorial activity
Read more»Literature/Film Quarterly
(Peer reviewer)
Activity: Editorial activity
Read more»Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance
(Peer reviewer)
Activity: Editorial activity
Read more»â€śThe Picture of Dorian Gray and the Rise of Mass Picture Identification”
(Speaker) 17/11/2010
Activity: Invited talk
Read more»The Transformation of Adaptation Studies, 2000-2011
(Speaker) 13/5/2011
Activity: Invited talk
Read more»Beyond Adaptation
(Speaker) 27/1/2011
Activity: Invited talk
Read more»Theorizing Adaptation
(Speaker) 19/5/2010
Activity: Invited talk
Read more»Adaptation: A Dialogue Between the Sciences and Humanities
(Speaker) 25/2/2010
Activity: Invited talk
Read more»The Filming of the Shrew, 1908, 1929, and 1967
(Speaker) 6/5/2009
Activity: Invited talk
Read more»Gothic Portrait Identification
(Speaker) 18/11/2008
Activity: Invited talk
Read more»Unfilmable Books
(Speaker) 26/2/2008
Activity: Invited talk
Read more»Liberty and Its Histories: A Symposium with Quentin Skinner
(Participant) 11/11/2010
Activity: Participation in conference
Read more»SCMS Conference
(Participant) 13/3/2010
Activity: Participation in conference
Read more»Monstrous Media Conference
(Participant) 21/7/2009
Activity: Participation in conference
Read more»Dickens, Early Film, and the 1912 Centenary
(Speaker) 13/6/2012
Activity: Invited talk
Read more»Dickens Readers Day
(Presenter) 4/11/2012
Activity: Public lecture/debate/seminar
Read more»7th annual Association of Adaptation Studies Conference, York University
(Participant) 28/9/2012
Activity: Participation in conference
Read more»Unfilmable Books
(Speaker) 5/10/2011
Activity: Invited talk
Read more»Film Adaptation: A Dialogue among Approaches
(Invited speaker) 18/4/2013
Activity: Participation in conference
Read more»Almost Alice: Tie-in Merchandise for Walt Disney’s and Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland (2010)
(Speaker) 17/4/2013
Activity: Invited talk
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