{"product_id":"epic-everyday-moments-in-television-9781526170224","title":"Epic \/ Everyday: Moments in Television","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exciting new strand in The Television Series, the ‘Moments in Television’ collections celebrate the power and artistry of television, whilst interrogating key critical concepts in television scholarship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Each ‘Moments’ book is organised around a provocative binary theme. \u003ci\u003eEpic \/ everyday \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the presence within television of the epic and the everyday. It argues that attention to ideas of the epic and notions of the everyday can illuminate television programmes in new ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book explores an eclectic range of TV fictions, including \u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLost\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDr Who\u003c\/i\u003e. Contributors from diverse perspectives come together to expand and enrich the kind of close analysis most commonly found in television aesthetics. Sustained, detailed programme analyses are sensitively framed within historical, technological, institutional, cultural, creative and art-historical contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'In this addition to the \"Moments in Television\" series from Manchester University Press, the authors of this essay collection employ varying definitions of \"epic\" (e.g., the hero’s journey, grandeur, a sweeping narrative) and \"everyday\" (e.g., omnipresence of television in everyday life, representations of everyday life) to compare and contrast how the concepts play out in a number of television texts. For example, the chapter on \u003ci\u003eLost \u003c\/i\u003econtrasts mundane tasks like laundry with an overarching epic narrative that includes a monster, the afterlife, and time travel. In the chapter on \u003ci\u003eColumbo\u003c\/i\u003e, the central question of life and death serves as the epic canvas, but the detective uses the disruption of daily routine, like a misplaced bath towel, to uncover the murderer. Other texts explored in these essays include \u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Incredible Hulk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Detectorists\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Americans\u003c\/i\u003e.'\u003cbr\u003eCHOICE\u003cbr\u003e(Reprinted with permission from \u003ci\u003eChoice Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e. All rights reserved. Copyright by the American Library Association.)\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: epic\/everyday – Sarah Cardwell\u003cbr\u003e1 Configurations of man, monster and hero in \u003ci\u003eThe Incredible Hulk \u003c\/i\u003e– James C. Taylor\u003cbr\u003e2 \u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones’ \u003c\/i\u003eEpic 9s: a series of epic moments intertwined with the everyday – Louise Coopey\u003cbr\u003e3 ‘I felt the touch of the kings and the breath of the wind’: making the everyday epic in \u003ci\u003eDetectorists \u003c\/i\u003e– Phil Wickham\u003cbr\u003e4 From the everyday to the epic and back: ‘foreground’ and ‘background’ in \u003ci\u003eCommunity\u003c\/i\u003e– Timotheus Vermeulen\u003cbr\u003e5 The epic in the everyday: television and\u003ci\u003e Doctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e, ‘The Chase’ – Jonathan Bignell\u003cbr\u003e6 Storms and teacups: Russell T. Davies, the epic and the everyday – James Walters\u003cbr\u003e7 Spies with ties: the marital logic of the Cold War in \u003ci\u003eThe Americans\u003c\/i\u003e– Courtney Hopf and Liam Creighton\u003cbr\u003e8 \u003ci\u003eColumbo\u003c\/i\u003e: in touch with the ordinary –Alex Clayton and Sarah Moore\u003cbr\u003e9 \u003ci\u003eLost\u003c\/i\u003e in the everyday – Zoë Shacklock\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041036894551,"sku":"9781526170224","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526170224.jpg?v=1750948697","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/epic-everyday-moments-in-television-9781526170224","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}