It's the Disney Version!

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<span><span>In 1937, the first full-length animated film produced by Walt Disney was released. Based on a fairy tale written by the Brothers Grimm,</span><span>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs</span><span> was an instant success and set the stage for more film adaptations over the next several decades. From animated features like and</span><span>Bambi</span><span> to live action films such as</span><span>Mary Poppins</span><span>, Disney repeatedly turned to literary sources for inspirationa tradition the Disney studios continues well into the twenty-first century.<br><br>In</span><span>Its the Disney Version!: Popular Cinema and Literary Classics</span><span>, Douglas Brode and Shea T. Brode have collected essays that consider the relationship between a Disney film and the source material from which it was drawn. Analytic yet accessible, these essays provide a wide-ranging study of the term The Disney Version and what it conveys to viewers. Among the works discussed in this volume are</span><span>Alice in Wonderland</span><span>,</span><span>Mary Poppins</span><span>,</span><span>Pinocchio,</span><span>Sleeping Beauty</span><span>,</span><span>Tarzan</span><span>, and</span><span>Winnie the Pooh</span><span>.<br><br>In these intriguing essays, contributors to this volume offer close textual analyses of both the original work and of the Disney counterpart. Featuring articles that consider both positive and negative elements that can be found in the studios output,</span><span>Its the Disney Version!: Popular Cinema and Literary Classics</span><span> will be of interest to scholars and students of film, as well as the diehard Disney fan.</span></span>

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<span><span>Douglas Brode</span><span> teaches popular culture at Syracuse Universitys Newhouse School of Public Communications, the University of Texas at San Antonio, and Our Lady of the Lake University (also in San Antonio). He has published more than 35 books, including</span><span>Rod Sterling and The Twilight Zone</span><span> (2009). He is the coeditor of</span><span>Myth, Media, and Culture in Star Wars: An Anthology</span><span> (2012) and</span><span>Sex, Politics and Religion in Star Wars: An Anthology</span><span> (2012), and</span><span> Draculas Daughters: The Female Vampire on Film</span><span> (2013). Brode is a contributor to the upcoming PBS-TV mini-series: American Masters: Walt Disney.</span><span>Shea T. Brode</span><span> has an MA in Literature and Cultural Studies from the University Autonoma in Madrid. Douglas and Shea are the coeditors of</span><span>The Star Trek Universe: Franchising the Final Frontier</span><span> (2015) and</span><span>Gene Roddenberrys Star Trek: The Original Cast Adventures</span><span> (2015).</span></span>

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