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Storytellers To The Nation - History Of American Television Writing

by Tom Stempel

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 This work shows the behind-the-scenes writers of the best and the worst American television shows. Writers instanced include Paddy Chafesky and Steven Bochco, recounting their experiences of working and fighting with network producers, censors and stars. The books uses interviews and ancedotes.
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Gin Before Breakfast - The Dilemma Of The Poet In The Newsroom

by W. Dale Nelson

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 Presents minibiographies of key British and American poets who at one time or another worked as journalists. This work covers poets ranging from the famous to the obscure: Whittier to Whitman, Kipling to Bryant, and Coleridge to Crane. It tells each writer's story, relating how the poet in question felt about the journalistic experience.
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"Something On My Own" - Gertrude Berg And American Broadcasting, 1929-1956

by Glenn D. Smith

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 In 1929, "The Goldbergs" debuted on the air, introducing Gertrude Berg - and her radio alter ego, Bronx housewife Molly Goldberg - to the nation. This biography provides a look at how Gertrude Berg carved a special place for herself in the annals of broadcast history.
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The Gatekeeper - My 30 Years As A Tv Censor

by Alfred R Schneider

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 From 1960 to 1990, Alfred R. Schneider served as head of standards and practices, or "chief censor", for the American Broadcasting Company. This text, his autobiography, provides a unique history of American culture and the television industry.
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The Terrible Power Of A Minor Guilt - Literary Essays

by Ora Cummings

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 What is the relationship between literature and morality? Theatre and ethics? Film and moral values? Israeli novelist and critic Abraham B. Yehoshua considers these crucial questions and discusses nine literary works to show how the "moral issue" renders new readings and understandings of them.
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The Story Of Viewers For Quality Television - From Grassroots To Prime Time

by Dorothy Collins Swanson

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 Tells the story of an American grassroots organization that allows viewers to collectively voice their opinions to those responsible for the fate of television programmes. Swanson attempts to go beyond the realm of television to demonstrate the rewards of making the voice of public opinion heard.
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North American Boletes - A Color Guide To The Fleshy Pored Mushrooms

by Alan E. Bessette

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 A guide to this highly prized group of mushrooms known for their beautiful colours, distinctive features, relative abundance and edibility. The book features species descriptions, easy to follow keys that emphasize macroscopic features for eastern and western North America and information on collecting, cooking and preserving boletes.
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Prime Time Authorship - Works About And By Three Tv Dramatists

by Douglas Heil

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 This title mixes interviews, essays, and representative scripts from three successful American television dramatists. It seeks to be of use to the novice scriptwriter by providing a "close study of exemplary writing".
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Prime Time Authorship - Works About And By Three Tv Dramatists

by Douglas Heil

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 This title mixes interviews, essays, and representative scripts from three successful American television dramatists. It seeks to be of use to the novice scriptwriter by providing a "close study of exemplary writing".
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Trevor Griffiths

by John Tulloch

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 In his outstanding career, Trevor Griffiths has negotiated the issues of genre, politics, identity, class, history, memory and televisual form with a sustained creativity and integrity second to none. -- .
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African Pasts - Memory And History In African Literatures

by Tim Woods

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 African pasts examines African literatures in English since the end of colonialism, investigating how they represent African history through the twin matrices of memory and trauma.
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Tv Creators - Conversations With America'S Top Producers Of Television Drama

by James L Longworth

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 "ER", "Law and Order" and "The Sopranos" are just a few of the dramas that launched a new era of TV at the turn of the millennium. This text gives scholars and fans alike a firsthand account of the lives, philosophy and contribution of some of the best writers and producers of the 1980s and 1990s.
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Gen X Tv - "The Brady Bunch" To "Melrose Place"

by Rob Owen

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 This is a guide to the TV series that Generation X venerate. It traces the major programme influences in the lives of "slackers" (young couch potatoes) and other Gen Xers, and details their influence on television.
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Airplanes, Women And Song - Memoirs Of A Fighter Ace, Test Pilot And Adventurer

by Allan Forsyth

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 Sergeivsky dictated this lively and personal memoir in 1934 when he and Charles Lindbergh were about to set eight world records in a giant Pan American Clipper. It also details many exciting and historic events of his life from his time as a Russian infantry fighter to his worldwide pioneering flights.
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Cue The Bunny On The Rainbow - Tales From Tv'S Most Prolific Sitcom Director

by Alan Rafkin

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 In this autobiography, Rafkin recounts his behind-the-scenes experience working in over 80 different television series. He recounts how directing strung-out actors and dodging their blows made life on the set a world unto itself.
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Gen X Tv - "The Brady Bunch" To "Melrose Place"

by Rob Owen

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 In attempting to define "Generation X", Rob Owens offers a history of network and cable television since the birth of Generation X, and goes on to explore the symbiotic relationship between television and this largely misunderstood age group. He maintains that television consumes innocence.
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Athena'S Daughters - Television'S New Women Warriors

by Frances Early

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 A critical inquiry into the new woman warrior's appropriation of violence and the Western war narrative. It delves into the meaning of that appropriation for alternative storytelling, and provides a forum to recognize women's increasing role in popular culture as they are cast as action heroes.
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The Jewish Derrida

by Peretz Kidron

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 This study takes a fresh look at the influential French philosopher, arguing that Jaques Derrida cannot be fully understood without considering the Jewish dimension of his thought, and offering a re-appraisal of his work.
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The Scottish Connection - The Rise Of English Literary Study In Early America

by Franklin E Court

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 A historical record of the introduction of English literary study into the curricula of American colleges and universities from the early 18th century to the mid 19th century.
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Tv Creators - Conversations With America'S Top Producers Of Television Drama

by James L Longworth

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 "ER", "Law and Order" and "The Sopranos" are just a few of the dramas that launched a new era of TV at the turn of the millennium. This text gives scholars and fans alike a firsthand account of the lives, philosophy and contribution of some of the best writers and producers of the 1980s and 1990s.
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"Lou Grant" - The Making Of Tv'S Top Newspaper Drama

by Douglass K. Daniel

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 This text is an account of the TV programme "Lou Grant". The creation of characters, casting of actors, the script writing process and the impact of network censors are detailed here. Interviews with actors, producers, writers, directors are also incorporated.
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Education - Assumptions Versus History: Collected Papers

by Thomas Sowell

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Laughs, Luck...And Lucy - How I Came To Create The Most Popular Sitcom Of All Time (Includes Cd)

by Jess Oppenheimer

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 I Love Lucy remains a popular sitcom 45 years after its debut. Written by the producer and head writer of the show Jess Oppenheimer, with his son Gregg, this book provides an insight into how the comedy was conceived and executed, and gives an account of the broadcasting industry's development.

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