Extending the boundaries of contemporary adaptation studies, this book brings together leading international scholars to survey new directions in the field. Re-thinking the key questions at the heart of the discipline, Adaptation Studies: New Directions, New Challenges explores a wide range of perspectives and case studies in cross-media transformation. Topics covered include: * The history of adaptation studies * Theories of adaptation * Adaptations in film, literature, radio and historical sources * What is an 'original' text? Adaptation Studies: New Challenges, New Directions underlines the importance of sustaining as well as establishing new relationships between different media as well as different academic specialisms. Through such strategies we might learn to question as well as reformulate our understanding of what "adaptation" signifies, and how it can enrich ourselves as well as the research topics we pursue.