As American television continues to garner considerable esteem, rivalling the seventh art in its "cinematic" aesthetics and the complexity of its narratives, one aspect of its development has been relatively unexamined. While film has long acknowledged its tendency to adapt, an …
As American television continues to garner considerable esteem, rivalling the seventh art in its "cinematic" aesthetics and the complexity of its narratives, one aspect of its development has been relatively unexamined. While film has long acknowledged its tendency to adapt, an …
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PART I: Building Blocks -- 1 Television and Adaptation: Defining Terms -- 2 Beginning, Middle, and End: Structure and Seriality in Television Adaptation -- PART II: Home Entertainment -- 3 Fami…
Building blocks. Defining terms -- Beginning, middle and end: structure and seriality in television adaptation -- Home entertainment. Familiarity and novelty: television microadaptations -- Crossing over: television adaptation, between universality and specificity -- Origin and …