LEADER 02690nam 22004451 450 001 9910131267503321 005 20150609140334.0 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472593023 035 $a(CKB)3710000000414718 035 $a(OCoLC)1167576993 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09259222 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000414718 100 $a20150625d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSensational subjects $ethe dramatization of experience in the modern world /$fJohn Jervis 210 1$aLondon :$cBloomsbury,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 236 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a1-4725-9302-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Guest Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sensation and Sensationalism -- 3. Sensational Processes -- 4. The Aesthetics of Sensation -- 5. The Distraction of the Modern -- 6. Cinematic Sensation: the Sublime and the Spectacle -- 7. Sensational Affect -- 8. The Melodrama of the Modern -- Notes -- Index. 330 $a"Under what conditions does 'sensation' become 'sensational'? By the early nineteenth century murder had become the staple of the sensationalizing popular press, and gruesome descriptions were deployed to make a direct impact on the 'sensations' of the reader. Later, concern with the thrills, spills, and shocks of modern life was being articulated in the language of sensation, and media sensationalism was already being seen both as contributing to this process and as magnifying its impact, just as sensation was, in turn, taken up by literature, art and film. Finally, it seems as though the dramatization of these experiences in an era of media panics over terrorism, paedophilia, etc., has taken an overtly melodramatic form, in which battles of good and evil play out across the landscapes of our lives. Sensational Subjects develops an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to exploring these themes, their impact and their implications for understanding the modern world."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 606 $aMurder 606 $aSensationalism in journalism 606 $aSensationalism in literature 606 $2Literary studies: from c 1900 - 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMurder. 615 0$aSensationalism in journalism. 615 0$aSensationalism in literature. 700 $aJervis$b John$f1946-$0886623 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910131267503321 996 $aSensational subjects$91979865 997 $aUNINA