Over and Over : Performance, Time, and Resonance in Serial Television Drama.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Logan, Elliott.

Series:

Techniques of the Moving Image Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2026.

Summary:

How does serial drama earn, keep, and reward our attention for so long - over episodes, seasons, months, and years?While we know that characters are the focus of story and viewer interest in television fiction, scholars have for decades overlooked the way those characters are performed onscreen, and the lure of performance as a key formal and.

Contents:

Cover

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Introduction: Beyond the Horizon

1. Lost For Words: The Challenge of Expressiveness in Serial Drama and Its Criticism

2. Beyond Narrative: Expressive Echoes and Serial Form at the End of The Sopranos

3. Claims Of Companionship: Transience and Commitment in Mad Men's "The Phantom"

4. Faces Of Allegiance: Revision and Reversal in the First Season of Homeland

5. Unspoken Bonds: Amnesia and Acknowledgment in Mad Men's "The Suitcase"

Postscript

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Logan, Elliott Over and Over

ISBN:

9781978817029

OCLC:

1592101533