UID:
almahu_9948236335102882
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 230 pages) :
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digital file(s).
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2013. Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
ISBN:
9781847794338
Content:
This ground-breaking study analyses Beckett’s television plays in relation to the history and theory of television. It argues that they are in dialogue with innovative television traditions connected to Modernism in television, film, radio, theatre, literature and the visual arts.Using original research from BBC archives and manuscript sources, the book provides new perspectives on the relationships between Beckett’s television dramas and the wider television culture of Britain and Europe. It also compares and contrasts the plays for television with Beckett’s Film and broadcasts of his theatre work including the recent Beckett on Film season. Chapters deal with the production process of the plays, the broadcasting contexts in which they were screened, institutions and authorship, the plays’ relationships with comparable programmes and films and reaction to Beckett’s screen work by audiences and critics. This book is a major contribution to Beckett scholarship and to studies of television drama. It will be essential reading in literature and drama studies, television historiography and for devotees of Beckett’s work.
Note:
Made available via: manchesterhive.
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MUP 2020 titles.
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Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Production -- 2 Broadcasting contexts -- 3 Institutions and authorship -- 4 Intertexts -- 5 Evaluations -- 6 Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index
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Also available in print form.
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Mode of access: internet via World Wide Web.
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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat or other PDF reader (latest version recommended), Internet Explorer or other browser (latest version recommended).
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In English.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Bignell, Jonathan. Beckett on screen : the television plays, Manchester, UK. : Manchester University Press, 2009, ISBN 9780719064203
Language:
English
DOI:
10.7765/9781847794338
URL:
https://www.manchesterhive.com/view/9781847794338/9781847794338.xml
URL:
https://dx.doi.org/10.7765/9781847794338
