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William Reynolds

William Reynolds

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REYNOLDS, WILLIAM, Dean for the Arts and Humanities and Professor (1971).

Education: B.A., Xavier University (1966); M.A., Columbia University (1967); Ph.D., The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1971).

Interests: Medieval and Renaissance English Literature; Detective/Mystery Fiction, Dorothy L. Sayers.

Selected Works: Co-editor, It's a Print: Detective Fiction from Page to Screen (1994); Numerous articles and reviews.

Publications:
 
with Elizabeth Trembley, editors. Its a Print!: Detective Fiction from Page to Screen (Bowling Green: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1994).
The essays in this volume treat true cinematic and television adaptations of works of detective fiction as completely different products from films based loosely on the gimmick or plot or character of a certain work. The essays investigate the many ways in which fiction is transformed into a new art form governed by its own rules and conventions.