Masterpiece : America's 50-year-old love affair with British television drama /
"What accounts for Masterpiece's longevity and influence? This book offers two reasons: the power of its drama and its aspirational appeal. Masterpiece delivers great stories, stories that transport, enthrall, enrich, and comfort us. But it also speaks to a uniquely American belief in the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.,
[2020]
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| Summary: | "What accounts for Masterpiece's longevity and influence? This book offers two reasons: the power of its drama and its aspirational appeal. Masterpiece delivers great stories, stories that transport, enthrall, enrich, and comfort us. But it also speaks to a uniquely American belief in the possibility of self-improvement, even self-transformation, through the acquisition of "culture""-- |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 223 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781538134474 1538134470 |