1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910820807303321

Titolo

Shakespeare and tyranny : regimes of reading in Europe and beyond / / edited by Keith Gregor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-6770-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Disciplina

822.33

Soggetti

Politics and literature - Great Britain - History - 16th century

Politics and literature - Great Britain - History - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Best represented by L. C. Knights's assertion in his 1957 Shakespeare Lecture to the British Academy: "Shakespeare, like the great majority of his fellow-countrymen, 'had no politics"' (Knights 1979, 152)."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

This book brings together a selection of essays on the reception and dissemination of Shakespeare's plays in England and beyond from the 17th century to the present. Written from the perspective of a nation or cluster of nations in which Shakespeare has been used either to reflect, legitimize or challenge different versions of authoritarian rule, each of the chapters offers a picture of Shakespeare as unwitting commentator on some of the most significant and unsettling political events in Eur...



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910967833503321

Autore

Nichols-Pethick Jonathan

Titolo

TV cops : the contemporary American television police drama / / Jonathan Nichols-Pethick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2012

ISBN

1-136-99466-1

1-280-66473-8

9786613641663

1-136-99467-X

0-203-85502-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

791.45/6556

Soggetti

Detective and mystery television programs - United States - History and criticism

Television cop shows - United States - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 PROGRAMMING THE CRISIS: The Police Drama in the Post-Network Era; 3 THE POLICE DRAMA IN TRANSITION: Reconstituting the Cultural Forum in the 1980s; 4 STOP MAKING SENSE: Reflection, Realism, and Community in Homicide; 5 DO THE RIGHT THING: NYPD Blue and the Making of the Model Citizen; 6 ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER: Crime and the Commerce of Law & Order; 7 THIS COP'S FOR YOU: The Multiple Logics of the 21st Century Police Drama; 8 CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The police drama has been one of the longest running and most popular genres in American television. In TV Cops, Jonathan Nichols-Pethick argues that, perhaps more than any other genre, the police series in all its manifestations-from Hill Street Blues to Miami Vice to The Wire-embodies the full range of the cultural dynamics of television. Exploring the textual, industrial, and social contexts of police shows on American television, this book demonstrates how polices drama play a vital role in the way we understand and engage issues of social orde