Jim Welsh 1938-2013 : An Appreciation

Year 2013, Issue: 38, 1 - 4, 01.10.2013

Laurence Raw

Abstract

I first encountered Jim on my first academic visit to the United States in 2002, when I attended the Literature/Film Association LFA Conference in Carlisle, PA. The environment seemed very familiar to me: downtown Carlisle has that homely feel characteristic of an English provincial town, while Dickinson College is sufficiently compact so that it does not feel intimidating to the visitor. I knew of Jim’s reputation as the founder and co-editor of and one of the mainstays of the LFA. He had been kind enough to publish my first major academic article – a discussion of William Wyler’s film of The Heiress 1949 – in the journal. Needless to say I was very apprehensive about meeting him for the first time.

References

• The Heiress. Dir. William Wyler Dir. William Wyler. Perf. Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson. Paramount Pictures, 1949. Film. My Fair Lady. Dir. Moss Hart Perf. Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Wilfrid Hyde White. New York, Mark Hellinger Theatre, 1956. Theatre Performance.
• Raw, Laurence. “Reconstructing Henry James: (1949).” Literature/ Film Quarterly 30.4 (2002): 243-49. Print.
• Raw, Laurence, James M. Welsh and Dennis Cutchins, eds. The Pedagogy of Adaptation. Lanham MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2010. Print.
• __. Redefining Adaptation Studies. Lanham MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2010. Print.
• Welsh, James M., and Peter Lev, eds. The Literature/ Film Reader: Issues of Adaptation. Lanham MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2007. Print.
• Welsh, James M., and John Tibbetts, eds. American Classic Screen: Features. Lanham MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2010. Print.
• -----. American Classic Screen: Interviews. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2010. Print.