The phrase "adaptation of works" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to literature, art, or any creative field where original works are modified or transformed into new forms.
Example: "The adaptation of works from classic literature into modern films has become increasingly popular in recent years."
Alternatives: "transformation of works" or "modification of works".
Van Gogh's Sunflowers made out of three-dimensional objects, a playful adaptation of works by Gainsborough, even an earthenware tribute to Damien Hirst's formaldehyde shark, are among the quirky objects currently on display at Twickenham's Orleans House Gallery.
Supplementary assignments focus on adaptation of works from one genre to another, and on transmission of information from one mode to another (visual to verbal changes, American Sign Language, etc.).
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Morgan, Claire, 1921-1995.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Oz, Amos Sipur ʻal ahavah ṿe-ḥoshekh.
A few years ago the director Gordon Greenberg and Mr. Schwartz began working on a new adaptation of "Working," which sets to music some of the interviews Terkel conducted for his book.
The results, playing weekends at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and served with a mini-box of cereal for each child, include stories from New Orleans, Hong Kong, Russia and Syria, along with an adaptation of work by the Italian author Italo Calvino.
Adaptation of working hours or type of work.
Examples of the categories include: symptom management, navigating the health-care system, stress management, and adaptation of work.
Participants managed health crises (e.g., angina, pain episodes) according to an on demand pattern and everyday changes due to illness (e.g., adaptation of work and household activities) according to a transitional pattern.
Most fascinating are the adaptations of works that less obviously lend themselves to comic or visual treatment.
An article on Nov. 9 about adaptations of works by Saul Bellow, Philip Roth and John Updike misspelled the surname of an actress in the film of Mr. Roth's "Goodbye, Columbus".
