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This book is the first in-depth study of the Gothic on television. It defines and explores key instances of the genre across the history of television drama in the UK and US. The book builds a strong argument for the fact that the Gothic, in its various guises, is well-suited to television as a domestic medium.

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Introduction: Gothic television - texts and contexts
1. Showing less, suggesting more: the ghost story on British television
2. Blood, guts and special effects: the heritage of horror on British television
3. The female Gothic: women, domesticity, and the Gothic adaptation
4. Keeping it in the family: American Gothic television in the 1960s
5. Televisuality and the new American Gothic
Conclusion
Teleography
Filmography

Gothic Television

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/31/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719071492, 978-0719071492
      ISBN10: 0719071496

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book is the first in-depth study of the Gothic on television. It defines and explores key instances of the genre across the history of television drama in the UK and US. The book builds a strong argument for the fact that the Gothic, in its various guises, is well-suited to television as a domestic medium.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: Gothic television - texts and contexts
      1. Showing less, suggesting more: the ghost story on British television
      2. Blood, guts and special effects: the heritage of horror on British television
      3. The female Gothic: women, domesticity, and the Gothic adaptation
      4. Keeping it in the family: American Gothic television in the 1960s
      5. Televisuality and the new American Gothic
      Conclusion
      Teleography
      Filmography

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