03044nam 2200613Ia 450 991045134880332120200520144314.01-281-44209-797866114420951-4356-5325-41-84150-228-6(CKB)1000000000404975(EBL)349743(OCoLC)236337178(SSID)ssj0000256882(PQKBManifestationID)11195017(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000256882(PQKBWorkID)10225787(PQKB)11749635(MiAaPQ)EBC349743(Au-PeEL)EBL349743(CaPaEBR)ebr10231488(CaONFJC)MIL144209(EXLCZ)99100000000040497520071027d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTelevision and criticism[electronic resource] /edited by Solange Davin and Rhona JacksonBristol, UK ;Chicago, IL Intellect20081 online resource (130 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84150-147-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Introduction; Our Common Cultural Heritage: Classic Novels and English Television; Aspects of the Soap Opera and Other Stories; Shakespeare on American Television and the Special Relationship between the UK & the USA; Television as History: History as Television; 'The story you are about to see is true': Dragnet, Film Noir and Postwar Realism; The Skilled Viewer; The Culture of Post-Narcissism: Post-Teenage, Pre-Midlife Singles Culture in Seinfeld, Ally McBeal and FriendsTelevision's Vanishing Terms? Traditional Aesthetics and Television Drama in the Age of Reality TV'I've been searching my soul tonight': the Ally McBeal Effect; Index; Back CoverTelevision and Criticism unites distinguished scholars from the fields of literary criticism, media studies, and film studies to challenge the traditional boundaries between high and low culture. Through a theoretical lens, this volume addresses such topics as the blurring of genres, television and identity, and the sophistication of television audiences by examining examples from soap operas, televised adaptations of classic novels, film noir, and popular shows like Queer as Folk, Seinfeld, and Ally McBeal. Ranging from Shakespeare to Dragnet, this comprehensive study will interest cultural sTelevision criticismDramatic criticismElectronic books.Television criticism.Dramatic criticism.791.4501Davin Solange910438Jackson Rhona1949-910439MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451348803321Television and criticism2037718UNINA