![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Few works have given rise, as the novel (and play) Rebecca has done, to so many radio, television and film adaptations, to an opera, a musical comedy, an original film score, a pastiche, and various prequels and sequels.Īnd yet, Du Maurier’s relationship with literary criticism has been conflictual ever since the international phenomenon of Rebecca, a work’s popularity necessarily implying its lack of value, in the eyes of some. ![]() Few authors can boast, even after their death, of inspiring the erection of a statue on publicly-owned land ( The Rook with a Book, 2018), an annual festival (Fowey), and an increasing number of film adaptations ( The Scapegoat, Charles Sturridge, 2012 or My Cousin Rachel, Roger Michell, 2017, and a projected new version of The Birds by the BBC). Daphne du Maurier – Short fiction – Novels – Film adaptationsĭidactics – Biography – Psychoanalysis – Local historyĮntrenched in her adopted home of Cornwall, detached from literary trends and schools, avoiding the media and participating only very rarely in radio or television programmes, Daphne Du Maurier owes her uninterrupted popularity to her works and her personality alone. ![]()
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