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noveliˈzation
[f. next + -ation.]
The process of novelizing; conversion into a novel.
1876Copyright Comm., Parl. P. (1878) 156 The converse case, namely novelization of a drama, appears to stand on the same footing. 1897Mem. Copyright Bill 2 A similar injury can be inflicted by the novelisation of dramas.
Add:b. concr. The novel resulting from such a process; a novelized version (of a play, film, etc.).
1891A. D. Hall (title) Sardou's Cleopatra. A novelization of the celebrated play. 1928(title) Revenge. A novelization by Joseph Warren of the story by Konrad Bercovici ‘The Bear Tamer's Daughter’. 1964C. Mackenzie My Life & Times III. 294, I wrote the first page of what in my fancy was to be the ideal performance of The Gentleman in Grey. This novelization of my play should be called Curtain Wells. 1973Publishers' Weekly 12 Feb. 71/1 The work of prose fiction adapted from the motion picture of ‘The Last Tango’ is coming out as ‘a novel by’ Robert Alley, not as a ‘novelization’. 1983Bookseller 24/31 Dec. 2505/1 The long-running BBC Television series and..the series of Target novelisations of the stories. |