03012nam 2200601Ia 450 991078473570332120230721030928.01-281-44209-797866114420951-4356-5325-41-84150-228-6(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 criticismTelevision criticism.Dramatic criticism.791.4501Davin Solange1557445Jackson Rhona1949-1557446MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784735703321Television and criticism3820953UNINA