LEADER 03659nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910807051303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-226-85352-7 010 $a1-280-67831-3 010 $a9786613655240 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226853529 035 $a(CKB)2560000000093027 035 $a(EBL)923468 035 $a(OCoLC)794663824 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000701975 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12310279 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000701975 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10680576 035 $a(PQKB)10032583 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000679347 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12313824 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000679347 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10610971 035 $a(PQKB)11695195 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000121999 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC923468 035 $a(DE-B1597)525002 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226853529 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL923468 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10568998 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL365524 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000093027 100 $a20110901d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTheater of the mind $eimagination, aesthetics, and American radio drama /$fNeil Verma 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-85350-0 311 $a0-226-85351-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: What Is the "Theater of the Mind"? --$tPart 1. Radio Aesthetics in the Late Depression, 1937-1945 --$tPart 2. Communication and Interiority in 1940s Radio, 1941-1950 --$tPart 3. Radio and the Postwar Mood, 1945-1955 --$tCoda: Instruction and Excavation --$tGuide to Radio Programs --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aFor generations, fans and critics have characterized classic American radio drama as a "theater of the mind." This book unpacks that characterization by recasting the radio play as an aesthetic object within its unique historical context. In Theater of the Mind, Neil Verma applies an array of critical methods to more than six thousand recordings to produce a vivid new account of radio drama from the Depression to the Cold War. In this sweeping exploration of dramatic conventions, Verma investigates legendary dramas by the likes of Norman Corwin, Lucille Fletcher, and Wyllis Cooper on key programs ranging from The Columbia Workshop, The Mercury Theater on the Air, and Cavalcade of America to Lights Out!, Suspense, and Dragnet to reveal how these programs promoted and evolved a series of models of the imagination. With close readings of individual sound effects and charts of broad trends among formats, Verma not only gives us a new account of the most flourishing form of genre fiction in the mid-twentieth century but also presents a powerful case for the central place of the aesthetics of sound in the history of modern experience. 606 $aRadio broadcasting$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRadio plays, American$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aRadio broadcasting$xHistory 615 0$aRadio plays, American$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a812/.02209 686 $aAP 33283$2rvk 700 $aVerma$b Neil$01677617 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807051303321 996 $aTheater of the mind$94044660 997 $aUNINA