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Book SynopsisVictorians on Screen investigates the representation of the Victorian age on British television from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. Structured around key areas of enquiry specific to British television, it avoids a narrow focus on genre by instead taking a thematic approach and exploring notions of authenticity, realism and identity.
Trade Review"This excellent book uniquely explores the changes in visual and narrative representation of the Victorian age across different television formats. The sophisticated analyses highlight links between the cultural imagination of the past, its visual and narrative representation and social and political contexts. It will appeal to television and literary scholars, as well as those interested in the construction of myths of the past." - Ann Gray, Emerita Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Lincoln, UK
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Introduction – Neo-Victorian Television: British Television Imagines the Nineteenth Century 2. Period Representation in Context: The Forsyte Saga on BBC and ITV 3. Victorians Fictions and Victorian Nightmares 4. Murder Rooms and Servants: Original Drama as Metadaptation 5. Real Victorians to Victorian Realities: Factual Television Programming and the Nineteenth Century 6. Conclusion - Victorian Facts, Victorian Fictions Bibliography Television Programmes and Films Cited Index
