On The Wire

On The Wire

by Williams, Linda

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<Div>In this sophisticated examination of the HBO serial drama that aired from 2002 until 2008, Linda Williams, a leading film scholar and authority on the interplay between film, melodrama, and issues of race, suggests what exactly it is that makes <I>The Wire</I> so good. She argues that its narrative power derives from its genre, popular melodrama.<BR></div>

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  • Full title :On The Wire / Linda Williams.

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<Div>In this sophisticated examination of the HBO serial drama that aired from 2002 until 2008, Linda Williams, a leading film scholar and authority on the interplay between film, melodrama, and issues of race, suggests what exactly it is that makes <I>The Wire</I> so good. She argues that its narrative power derives from its genre, popular melodrama.<BR></div>

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (267 pages :) : illustrations (some color)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780822376446, 082237644X
  • oclc:on1139360003
  • LC Classification:PN1992.77.W53
  • Dewey Decimal:791.45/72

Table of Contents

World enough and time: the genesis and genius of the Wire -- Justice in the Wire: tragedy, realism, and melodrama -- Surveillance, schoolin' and race -- Conclusion: home sweet Baltimore.

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PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History … Wire (Television program)

Writers

Williams, Linda

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