novelizationn.
/ˌnɒvəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌnɒvl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌnɑvələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌnɑvəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ a. The process of novelizing something; conversion of a narrative into a novel.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > writing novels > converting into novel
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1876 Copyright Comm., Parl. P. (1878) 156 The converse case, namely novelization of a drama, appears to stand on the same footing.
1897 Mem. Copyright Bill 2 A similar injury can be inflicted by the novelisation of dramas.
1990 Notes & Queries Sept. 362/2 Some readers may be disconcerted by a feeling that Lyndall Gordon's biographical method brings her at times close to novelization.
1995 Magill's Surv. Cinema (Electronic ed.) 15 June The process of ‘novelization’: a book created from the screenplay of a film in order to capitalize on the film's success.
b. concrete. The novel resulting from such a process; a novelized version of a play, film, etc.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > writing novels > converting into novel > product of
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1883 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 858/2 A Woman of Honor..is the author's novelization of his drama.
1891 A. 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’.
1964 C. 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.
1983 Bookseller 24–31 Dec. 2505/1 The long-running BBC Television series and..the series of Target novelisations of the stories.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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