Dreams in American Television Narratives: From Dallas to Buffy

by Cynthia Burkhead

Book Overview

Dreams in Television Narratives is the first comprehensive analysis of one of American television's most frequently utilized tropes, the dream. From its beginning, television has been a storytelling medium. Whether delivered to a live audience or played out on a sound stage, narratives and those who write them have always been the crux of the television program. While film can claim a long history of scholarly inquiry into the connection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1628926511
• ISBN13: 9781628926514
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"