LEADER 03009nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910820239703321 005 20240418062045.0 010 $a1-281-44209-7 010 $a9786611442095 010 $a1-4356-5325-4 010 $a1-84150-228-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000404975 035 $a(EBL)349743 035 $a(OCoLC)236337178 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000256882 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11195017 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000256882 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10225787 035 $a(PQKB)11749635 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC349743 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL349743 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10231488 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL144209 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000404975 100 $a20071027d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aTelevision and criticism /$fedited by Solange Davin and Rhona Jackson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBristol, UK ;$aChicago, IL $cIntellect$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (130 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84150-147-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront 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 Friends 327 $aTelevision'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 Cover 330 $aTelevision 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 s 606 $aTelevision criticism 606 $aDramatic criticism 615 0$aTelevision criticism. 615 0$aDramatic criticism. 676 $a791.4501 701 $aDavin$b Solange$01678465 701 $aJackson$b Rhona$f1949-$01678466 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820239703321 996 $aTelevision and criticism$94046161 997 $aUNINA