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The DVD novel : how the way we watch television changed the television we watch

Title
The DVD novel : how the way we watch television changed the television we watch / Greg Metcalf.
Author
Metcalf, Greg.
Publication
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, 2012.

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Description
xv, 231 p. cm.
Subject
  • Television series > United States > History and criticism
  • Television viewers > United States > Attitudes
  • DVD-Video discs > Social aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-222) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Television is an object and a narrative form -- The singing detective and British television -- Steven Bochco and too many stories, not enough time -- Stealing the soap and longform network television -- Premium blend genre and longform network television -- Men behaving badly on cable -- Comedy on television -- Longform comedy on television -- Graphic novels and DVD novels -- David Milch and television as literature -- David Simon and fictional non-fiction television -- Endings.
Call Number
MWGT 12-6339
ISBN
  • 9780313385810 (alk. paper)
  • 0313385815 (alk. paper)
  • 9780313385827 (ebk.)
  • 0313385823 (ebk.)
LCCN
2012006423
OCLC
768800349
Author
Metcalf, Greg.
Title
The DVD novel : how the way we watch television changed the television we watch / Greg Metcalf.
Imprint
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, 2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-222) and index.
Research Call Number
MWGT 12-6339
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